A perspective on tropical sprue

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 322-327

  Lim, Matthew L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Gastroenteritis; Celiac Disease; Jejunal Biopsy; Small Bowel Transit Time; Tropical Sprue

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; TROPICAL SPRUE;

FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; SPRUE, TROPICAL;

EID: 0012566023     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: 1534312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-001-0055-y     Document Type: Article

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