Atypical rectal bleeding: the challenge of diagnosing mild ulcerative colitis.

Dig Dis Sci

Division of Gastroenterology and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, 117 Encina Commons, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

Published: March 2010

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