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CASE REPORT: Symptomatic Gastrointestinal Sarcoidosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

    Ripudaman S. Beniwal & Won Kyoo Cho

  2. Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

    Oscar W. Cummings

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Beniwal, R.S., Cummings, O.W. & Cho, W.K. CASE REPORT: Symptomatic Gastrointestinal Sarcoidosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Dig Dis Sci 48, 174–178 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021711204498

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