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Original Article

Rectal biopsy, rather than ileal, is appropriate to confirm the diagnosis of early gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease

Hiroaki MinaminoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Hirohisa MachidaMachida Gastrointestinal Hospital, 1-1-15, Sanou-cho, Nishinari-ku, Osaka 557-0001, Japan
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Kazunari TominagaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kenichi MorimotoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Masaki OminamiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Shusei FukunagaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Shuhei HosomiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Yoshiki HayashiDepartment of Hematology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Yasuaki NagamiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Satoshi SugimoriDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Noriko KamataDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Masatsugu ShibaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Hirohisa NakamaeDepartment of Hematology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Hirokazu YamagamiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Tetsuya TanigawaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Toshio WatanabeDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Yasuhiro FujiwaraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Masahiko OhsawaDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Masayuki HinoDepartment of Hematology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Tetsuo ArakawaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Pages 1428-1434 | Received 09 Jan 2015, Accepted 19 May 2015, Published online: 08 Jun 2015

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