Pediatric gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a commentary on the value of referral clinics for rare pediatric tumors

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Israel Fernandez-Pineda et al. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017.

. 2017 Nov 21:2:96.

doi: 10.21037/tgh.2017.11.01. eCollection 2017.

¹ Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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