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  1. School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Bing Zhang

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA

    Nedret Copur-Dahi, Denise Kalmaz & Brigid S. Boland

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Zhang, B., Copur-Dahi, N., Kalmaz, D. et al. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Breast Cancer Metastasis. Dig Dis Sci 59, 2344–2346 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-014-3155-x

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