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Case Report: Spontaneous Rupture of Liver in a Patient with Ehlers Danlos Disease Type IV

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Gelbmann, C.M., Kollinger, M., Gmeinwieser, J. et al. Case Report: Spontaneous Rupture of Liver in a Patient with Ehlers Danlos Disease Type IV. Dig Dis Sci 42, 1724–1730 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018869617076

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