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Obscure and occult gastrointestinal bleeding: role of radionuclide imaging

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Aksoy, T. Obscure and occult gastrointestinal bleeding: role of radionuclide imaging. Abdom Imaging 37, 309–310 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-012-9841-2

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