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LETTER: Scalp Metastases as the First Manifestation of Pancreatic Cancer

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Samer Gawrieh & Benson T. Massey

  2. Department of Pathology, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Richard A. Komorowski

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Gawrieh, S., Massey, B.T. & Komorowski, R.A. LETTER: Scalp Metastases as the First Manifestation of Pancreatic Cancer. Dig Dis Sci 47, 1469–1471 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015842413562

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