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Intestinal spirochetosis: an unusual cause of IBD flare-up during anti-TNF therapy

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  1. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Center, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Av. Eugênio do Nascimento - s/n°, Dom Bosco, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, 36038-330, Brazil

    Julio Maria Fonseca Chebli, Nathália Chebli de Abreu & Liliana Andrade Chebli

  2. Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Av. Eugênio do Nascimento - s/n°, Dom Bosco, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, 36038-330, Brazil

    Julio Maria Fonseca Chebli, Liliana Andrade Chebli, Maycon Moura Reboredo & Helady Sanders Pinheiro

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    Julio Maria Fonseca Chebli

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Chebli, J.M.F., de Abreu, N.C., Chebli, L.A. et al. Intestinal spirochetosis: an unusual cause of IBD flare-up during anti-TNF therapy. Int J Colorectal Dis 31, 745–746 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-015-2240-8

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