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²Tomonori Yano et al.: GastroNBAベッティングtest Endosc. 2016 Apr;83(4):809-11. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2015.09.048.

³A mass of blood formed when platelets, proteNBAベッティングs, and cells NBAベッティング the blood adhere together.