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Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1806-

  Nikfar, Shekoufeh ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350124026     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181ac43da     Document Type: Letter

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