Darwin's illness revealed

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 954, 2005, Pages 248-251

  Campbell, Anthony K ^a,b   Matthews, Stephanie B ^b,c,d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Darwin Ctr for Biology and Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTOSE;

ALLERGY; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTHRALGIA; BEREAVEMENT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ECZEMA; ENTEROPATHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INSOMNIA; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MOUTH ULCER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TOOTH DISEASE; VOMITING;

FAMOUS PERSONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE;

EID: 17544376190     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.025569     Document Type: Review

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