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Spare the steroids, miss the diagnosis?

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  1. Section on Gastroenterology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, USA

    John Baillie

  2. Section on Gastroenterology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA

    John Baillie

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Baillie, J. Spare the steroids, miss the diagnosis?. Curr Gastroenterol Rep 11, 93–94 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11894-009-0015-5

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