Gastroenterology Today Winter 2023

GASTROENTEROLOGY TODAY – WINTER 2023
FEATURE
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Postgraduate College, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, P.R. China
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Postgraduate College, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University,
Shenyang, P.R. China
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Department of Internal Medicine, Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty
of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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Clinical and Translational Hepatology & Monarch Liver Laboratory,
The Liver Institute, Center of Excellence in Gastrointestinal Sciences,
Rajagiri Hospital, Aluva, Kerala, India
Received: 25 July 2022 / Accepted: 15 April 2023
Published online: 26 June 2023
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