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CASE REPORT: Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis with Ulceration, Hemorrhage, Small Bowel Diverticula, and Perforation

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    Liren Kuang, Wei Sun, Michael F. Gibson & I. Daniel Sanusi

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Kuang, L., Sun, W., Gibson, M.F. et al. CASE REPORT: Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis with Ulceration, Hemorrhage, Small Bowel Diverticula, and Perforation. Dig Dis Sci 48, 2023–2026 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026190809074

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