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Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting with esophageal symptomatology

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, 73190, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Jwu-Hsiung Lee MD, David A. Neumann MD & Jack D. Welsh MD

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Lee, JH., Neumann, D.A. & Welsh, J.D. Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting with esophageal symptomatology. Digest Dis Sci 22, 831–834 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01694516

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