Gastroenterology
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 563-565 , September 1980

Chronic proctitis in male homosexuals due to lymphogranuloma venereum

  • Joel S. Levine

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Joel S. Levine, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology B-158, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. 9th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80262.
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  • Phillip D. Smith
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  • William R. Brugge

Received 31 December 1979 ,Accepted 31 March 1980.

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Gastroenterology
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 563-565 , September 1980

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