Recalcitrant Esophageal Stricture Secondary to Mycophenolate Mofetil
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2090-6536,2090-6528
DOI: 10.1155/2020/8817801