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Isolated Gastric Cryptosporidiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3-405, Washington, DC, 20037,, USA

    David B. Ramsay

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Samuel E. Long

  3. Division of Gastroenterology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    M. Aamir Ali, Christopher Entwisle & Marie L. Borum

  4. Department of Pathology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Jan M. Orenstein & Christopher Rossi

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Ramsay, D.B., Long, S.E., Ali, M.A. et al. Isolated Gastric Cryptosporidiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient. Dig Dis Sci 52, 1364–1366 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9380-1

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