Diagnostics of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Clinical, Endoscopic, and Histologic Pitfalls
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عنوان ژورنال: Digestive Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1421-9875,0257-2753
DOI: 10.1159/000357009