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Gastric bezoar in a patient with myotonic dystrophy

A review of the gastrointestinal complications of myotonic dystrophy

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    Donald H. Kuiper MD

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Kuiper, D.H. Gastric bezoar in a patient with myotonic dystrophy. Digest Dis Sci 16, 529–534 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02235545

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