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Gastrointestinal bleeding in a type 1 neurofibromatosis patient
Ming-Chang Ku1, Chung-Ming Tsai, Yeu-Sheng Tyan
1Department of Medical Imaging, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
Gastroenterology
|June 28, 2011
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