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Small bowel perforation due to cholesterol atheromatous embolism

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Jimenez-Heffernan, J.A., Martinez-Garcia, C.M., Sanchez, M.A. et al. Small bowel perforation due to cholesterol atheromatous embolism. Digest Dis Sci 40, 481–484 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02064354

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