An interesting cause of faecal occult blood
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Faecal Occult Blood Test in Intestinal Helminthiasis
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-03-2012-6007