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The heart in inflammatory bowel disease
The heart in Crohn's disease
The heart in celiac disease
The heart in Behçet's disease
The heart in Wegener's granulomatosis
The heart in Chagas' disease
The heart in sarcoidosis
Mallory-Weiss syndrome laboratory findings