The global village of celiac disease

Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2008, Pages 23-31

  Catassi, Carlo ^a,b   Yachha, Surender Kumar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 77952746044     PISSN: 10175989     EISSN: 16623886     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000128610     Document Type: Article

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