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Review Article| Volume 13, ISSUE 3, P413-430, September 2020

Upper Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  • Noam Harpaz
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    Corresponding author. Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Annenberg Building Room 15-38, 1468 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029.
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    Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Annenberg Building Room 15-38, 1468 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA

    Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Annenberg Building Room 15-38, 1468 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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  • Alexandros D. Polydorides
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    Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Annenberg Building Room 15-38, 1468 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA

    Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Annenberg Building Room 15-38, 1468 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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