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Sigmoid colon cancer due to Schistosomiasis

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  1. Medical Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 27, 72074, Tübingen, Germany

    Bianca V. A. Eder & Alfred L. Bissinger

  2. Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Hans Bösmüller

  3. Institute of Pathology, Speyer, Germany

    Thomas Schubert

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Eder, B.V.A., Bösmüller, H., Schubert, T. et al. Sigmoid colon cancer due to Schistosomiasis. Infection 47, 1071–1072 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-019-01331-4

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