Tropical sprue

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 343-349

  Nath, Samir Kumar ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FOLIC ACID; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALABSORPTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIVE SPECIES; PATHOGENESIS; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SOLDIER; TROPICAL SPRUE; TROPICS;

EID: 28244490527     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-005-0002-4     Document Type: Review

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