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Serving Up a Mediterranean Remission in Severe Ulcerative Colitis

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Gila Sasson, Caitlin Hosmer Kirby, Matthew J. Hamilton & Rachel W. Winter

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Gila Sasson, Matthew J. Hamilton & Rachel W. Winter

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Sasson, G., Kirby, C.H., Hamilton, M.J. et al. Serving Up a Mediterranean Remission in Severe Ulcerative Colitis. Dig Dis Sci 67, 1205–1208 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-022-07447-2

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