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Assessment of Crohn’s disease activity by Doppler sonography

Ying Na, Jian Zhou, Xiang-Min Xiao, Wen-Xing Zhang, Hong-Lei Gao, Yang Wang, Xiao-Yan Han, Zuo-Cheng Sun and Hui-Min Xu
Saudi Medical Journal April 2017, 38 (4) 391-395; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.4.17855

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