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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, 325 N State of Franklin, Johnson City, TN, 37604, USA

    Kalpit Devani

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA

    Dhara Chaudhari & Mark Young

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Devani, K., Chaudhari, D. & Young, M. Pancreatic Tumor Presenting as Diarrhea. J Gastrointest Canc 47, 454–457 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-015-9770-8

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