Bizarre gastric ulcer related to betel quid use: report of two cases

H. C. Lu; H. C. Huang; A. F. Y. Li; H. C. Lin; F. Y. Chang; S. D. Lee

doi:10.1055/s-2007-995684

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2008; 40: E124-E125
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-995684

Unusual cases and technical notes

Bizarre gastric ulcer related to betel quid use: report of two cases

H. C. Lu¹ , H. C. Huang^1, ² , A. F. Y. Li^2, ³ , H. C. Lin^1, ² , F. Y. Chang^1, ² , S. D. Lee^1, ²

¹Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
²National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
³Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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