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Poggioli, G., Salice, M., Renzi, N., Campieri, M. (2019). History of Ulcerative Colitis. In: Poggioli, G. (eds) Ulcerative Colitis. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-3977-3_1

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