Does Digital Rectal Examination Reduce Subsequent Hospitalizations and Endoscopies or Vice Versa?
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0002-9343
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.08.006