Intestinal infections: Mimics and precipitants of relapse

Clinical Dilemmas in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 217-221

  Samuel, Sunil ^a   Mahida, Yashwant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Diagnosis; Intestine; Relapse; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049059860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470750827.ch59     Document Type: Chapter

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