The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 6 , Pages 510-513 , June 2010

An Unusual Cause of Dyspepsia

  • Leenhapong Navaravong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Leenhapong Navaravong, MD, Medicine Education Office, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, MMC 284 Mayo, 8284, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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  • Brian R. Miller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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  • Kathryn L. Rice, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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  • Claude Deschamps, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn

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 Aimee K. Zaas, MD, Section Editor

 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: There is no conflict of interest to disclose for all authors.

 Authorship: All of the authors have contributed to, read, and approved the final manuscript LN and BM wrote the manuscript and performed the literature search. KR and CD reviewed the manuscript for the intellectual content.

PII: S0002-9343(10)00137-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.02.010

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 6 , Pages 510-513 , June 2010

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