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Letter to the Editor

Rapid fecal calprotectin correlates with clinical and endoscopic severity of inflammatory bowel diseases

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Pages 1359-1360 | Received 04 Aug 2013, Accepted 04 Aug 2013, Published online: 26 Aug 2013

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