European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 444-447 , May 2007

Laparoscopic wedge resection for gastric GIST: Long-term follow-up results

  • S.-M. Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 3-1 Dongdaeshin-Dong, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-715, Korea
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  • M.-C. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 3-1 Dongdaeshin-Dong, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-715, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 51 240 2643; fax: +82 51 247 9316.
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  • G.-J. Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 3-1 Dongdaeshin-Dong, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-715, Korea
    • ,
  • H.-H. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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  • H.-C. Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 3-1 Dongdaeshin-Dong, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-715, Korea
    • ,
  • S.-R. Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 3-1 Dongdaeshin-Dong, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-715, Korea
    • ,
  • J.-S. Jang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 3-1 Dongdaeshin-Dong, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-715, Korea
    • ,
  • J.-S. Jeong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 3-1 Dongdaeshin-Dong, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-715, Korea

,Accepted 2 November 2006.

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☆ This Paper was supported by the Dong-A University Research Fund in 2006.

PII: S0748-7983(06)00454-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.11.003

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 444-447 , May 2007

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