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Gastrointestinal symptoms in mastocytosis, is it only food hypersensitivity?

Patrycja Osienicka
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,
Marek Niedoszytko
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,
Jan Romantowski
1

  1. Department of Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Alergologia Polska – Polish Journal of Allergology 2025; 12, 4: 250–258
Online publish date: 2025/11/13
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