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CASE REPORT: Crohn's Disease Complicated by a Urachoenteric Fistula

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    Eric O. Klineberg, Stephen P. James & Brian J. Dunkin

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Klineberg, E.O., James, S.P. & Dunkin, B.J. CASE REPORT: Crohn's Disease Complicated by a Urachoenteric Fistula. Dig Dis Sci 47, 1728–1731 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016428108363

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