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Antibiotic Associated Colitis: In Search of a Cause and Treatment

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Gallagher, N.D., Goulston, S.J.M. Antibiotic Associated Colitis: In Search of a Cause and Treatment. Drugs 16, 385–386 (1978). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-197816050-00001

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