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. 2022 Oct;26(10):841-842.
doi: 10.1007/s10151-022-02648-3. Epub 2022 Jun 19.

Rules are made to be broken

W C Cirocco  1
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Rules are made to be broken

W C Cirocco. Tech Coloproctol. 2022 Oct.
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