Hematochezia: An Uncommon Presentation of Colonic Tuberculosis
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2090-6528,2090-6536
DOI: 10.1155/2017/7831907