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Colonic Adaptation: A Therapeutic Target for Short-Bowel Syndrome?

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Lobo, D.N. Colonic Adaptation: A Therapeutic Target for Short-Bowel Syndrome?. World J Surg 32, 1840–1842 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-008-9623-8

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