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Exploring the relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and pancreatic cancer by computed tomographic survey: comment

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  1. College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 404, Taiwan

    Shih-Wei Lai

  2. Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, No. 2, Yu-De Road, Taichung, 404, Taiwan

    Shih-Wei Lai

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Lai, SW. Exploring the relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and pancreatic cancer by computed tomographic survey: comment. Intern Emerg Med 14, 1181–1182 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1964-1

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