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CASE REPORT: Intestinal Behçet's Disease Presenting as a Massive Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed

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Smith, J.A., Siddiqui, D. CASE REPORT: Intestinal Behçet's Disease Presenting as a Massive Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed. Dig Dis Sci 47, 517–521 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017999515606

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