Differentiating Intestinal Tuberculosis From Crohn's Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  American Journal of Gastroenterology

• Publication date

  2009-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1038/ajg.2008.162PMID 19240705
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