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A case of endemic amebic colitis: Diagnosis with colonoscopic biopsy

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis

    Lawrence R. Kaplan M.D. &  James M. Pries M.D.

  2. St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, 640 Jackson Street, 55101, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Lawrence R. Kaplan M.D. &  James M. Pries M.D.

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Kaplan, L.R., Pries, J.M. A case of endemic amebic colitis: Diagnosis with colonoscopic biopsy. Dis Colon Rectum 22, 573–574 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587010

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