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CASE REPORT: Association of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Celiac Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Al-Osaimi, A.M.S., Berg, C.L. CASE REPORT: Association of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Celiac Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Dig Dis Sci 49, 438–443 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:DDAS.0000020499.88546.61

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