Distinct colonoscopy findings of microscopic colitis: Not so microscopic after all?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i37.4157