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Hristo Ilianov Iliev1 \*, Mila Dimitrova Kovacheva-Slavova2 , Todor Asenov Angelov2 , Hristo Yankov Valkov2 , Ali Bedran3 and Borislav Georgiev Vladimirov2

1 Medical University—Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

2 Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital "Tsaritsa Ioanna-ISUL", Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

3 Clinical Laboratory, University Hospital "Tsaritsa Ioanna-ISUL", Sofia, Bulgaria, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

\*Address all correspondence to: hilievbg@gmail.com

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