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Seyed Mohsen Towliat1, Shaban Mehrvarz2, Hassan Ali Mohebbi2
1Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
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