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Tremaine, W.J. (2003). Clinical features and complications of Crohn’s disease. In: Targan, S.R., Shanahan, F., Karp, L.C. (eds) Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Bench to Bedside. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25808-6_15

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