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Comment
. 2003 May;52(5):768; author reply 768-9.
doi: 10.1136/gut.52.5.768.

Appendicectomy and ulcerative colitis

P C J ter Borg, H R van Buuren
Comment

Appendicectomy and ulcerative colitis

P C J ter Borg et al. Gut. 2003 May.
No abstract available

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