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The Gates of Hell: Crohn’s Disease Isolated to the Pylorus and Ileo-Cecal Valve

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    Charumathi Raghu Subramanian & George Triadafilopoulos

  2. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, M-211, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

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Raghu Subramanian, C., Triadafilopoulos, G. The Gates of Hell: Crohn’s Disease Isolated to the Pylorus and Ileo-Cecal Valve. Dig Dis Sci 59, 1108–1111 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-014-3066-x

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