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. 1981 Dec 5;283(6305):1524–1526. doi: 10.1136/bmj.283.6305.1524

Doubts about diverticular disease.

E R Littlewood, M H Ornstein, I M Baird, A G Cox
PMCID: PMC1507858  PMID: 6275936

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