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Pseudo-Crohn's disease with bloody diarrhea

A case of Munchausen's syndrome

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  1. From the Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

    Hilary Klein MD, G. Aaron du Vall MD &  Samuel Klein MD

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Klein, H., du Vall, G.A. & Klein, S. Pseudo-Crohn's disease with bloody diarrhea. Digest Dis Sci 40, 226–228 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02063970

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