Adult coeliac disease: Clinical features in patients seen in Western Region, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-55

  Zawawi, Tarif H ^a,c   Gangi, Mohsin T ^b   Hossain, Jamal ^b   Mahgoub, Ibrahim ^a   Sulieman, Raashda ^b   Abdul Wahab, El Sadiq M ^b   Marzouki, Khalid H ^b  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Malabsorption; Osteomalacia; Vellus atrophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012569406     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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