Journal of Tropical Medicine
Volume 2011, Article ID 234254, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/234254
Review Article
Gastrointestinal Neoplasia Associated with Bowel Parasitosis: Real or Imaginary?
Department of Pathology, UCSD, 200 W Arbor Drive, MC8720, San Diego, CA 92126, USA
Received 14 June 2011; Revised 19 October 2011; Accepted 20 October 2011
Academic Editor: Shyam Sundar
Copyright © 2011 Michael R. Peterson and Noel Weidner. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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