Microscopic colitis: Common cause of unexplained nonbloody diarrhea
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2150-5330
DOI: 10.4291/wjgp.v5.i1.48