Tropical sprue and subclinical enteropathy: A vision for the nineties

Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-341

  Haghighi, Parviz ^a   Wolf, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteropathy; Malabsorption; Sprue

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPICAL SPRUE;

EID: 0030866791     PISSN: 10408363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408369708998096     Document Type: Review

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