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. 2017 Feb 1;104(2):643–646. doi: 10.1016/0016-5085(93)90438-I

Causation of Crohn's disease: The impact of clusters

John Hermon-Taylor 1,*
PMCID: PMC7130249  PMID: 8425709

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