Coeliac disease in north-eastern Libya

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-30

  Al Tawaty, Adel I ^a,b   Elbargathy, Suleiman M ^a  

^a AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b NONE   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COELIAC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

LIBYA;

EID: 0031929888     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747922     Document Type: Article

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