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[Mucous discharge features at duodenal ulcer in adolescents]

I V Chernenkov, T Iu Grozdova, I Iu Popova

    Eksperimental'Naia I Klinicheskaia Gastroenterologiia = Experimental & Clinical Gastroenterology
    |May 13, 2011
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