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Joseph C Anderson1, John W Birk
1*Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VT †The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH ‡Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
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