Eosinophilic oesophagitis: relevance of mast cell infiltration
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Eosinophilic oesophagitis: a clinical update.
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عنوان ژورنال: Histopathology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0309-0167
DOI: 10.1111/his.13653