Therapeutic drug monitoring in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

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Therapeutic drug monitoring in inflammatory bowel disease

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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology

سال: 2014

ISSN: 1007-9327

DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i13.3475