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Gastrointestinal Cancer

Malignant transformation of perianal and enterocutaneous fistulas is rare: results of 17 years of follow-up from The Netherlands

Judith E. Baars Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ernst J. Kuipers Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Gerard Dijkstra Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Daniel W. Hommes Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Dirk J. de Jong Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Pieter C.F. Stokkers Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bas Oldenburg Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Marieke Pierik Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Peter J. Wahab Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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Adriaan A. van Bodegraven Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Christien J. van der Woude Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Pages 319-325 | Received 05 Jul 2010, Accepted 18 Oct 2010, Published online: 07 Feb 2011

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