Ascariasis Diagnosed by Wireless Capsule Endoscopy.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.

Published: June 2018

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