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Liver abscess due toYersinia enterocolitica: Case report and review of the literature

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Khanna, R., Levendoglu, H. Liver abscess due toYersinia enterocolitica: Case report and review of the literature. Digest Dis Sci 34, 636–639 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01536344

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