Gastrointestinal bezoars: history and current treatment paradigms.

Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y)

Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

Published: November 2012

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