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Comment
. 2020 Oct;52(8):1419.
doi: 10.1111/apt.16068.

Letter: faecal immunochemical testing for adults with symptoms of colorectal cancer-ready for prime time?

Alexia Farrugia  1 , Monika M Widlak  1 , Stephen Smith  1 , Norman Waugh  1 , Ramesh P Arasaradnam  1
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Letter: faecal immunochemical testing for adults with symptoms of colorectal cancer-ready for prime time?

Alexia Farrugia et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Oct.
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