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. 2012 Feb;8(2):137-40.

Mucormycosis of the intestine: a rare complication in Crohn's disease

Jordan Morton, Vincent Nguyen, Tauseef Ali

Mucormycosis of the intestine: a rare complication in Crohn's disease

Jordan Morton et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2012 Feb.
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Figure 1
Different views of Grocott methenamine silver stained cecum mucosa showing ribbon-like morphology of the Mucor species. Both images are 600× magnification
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