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Successful treatment of chronic refractory pouchitis with vedolizumab

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, 65201, USA

    Fazia Mir, Mohamad Hasan Yousef, Edward Kenneth Partyka & Veysel Tahan

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Mir, F., Yousef, M.H., Partyka, E.K. et al. Successful treatment of chronic refractory pouchitis with vedolizumab. Int J Colorectal Dis 32, 1517–1518 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-017-2854-0

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