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Tenev, R., Gulubova, M., Ananiev, J. et al. Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia and Vitamin D Deficiency: New Associated Disease and Proposed Pathogenetic Mechanisms. Dig Dis Sci 66, 3630–3634 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-020-06666-9
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