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CASE REPORT: Metastatic Malignant Melanoma Presenting as Malabsorption

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona

    C. Baliellas

  2. Department of Dermatology, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

    X. Pagerols, N. Curcó, M. García-Font & P. Vives

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

    M. Forné

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Baliellas, C., Pagerols, X., Curcó, N. et al. CASE REPORT: Metastatic Malignant Melanoma Presenting as Malabsorption. Dig Dis Sci 47, 122–124 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013227823240

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