The face of tropical sprue in 2010

Case Reports in Gastroenterology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-172

  Batheja, Mashal Jatoi ^a   Leighton, Jonathan ^a   Azueta, Ainara ^b   Heigh, Russell ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Diarrhea; Post infective malabsorption; Tropical countries; Tropical sprue; Vitamin B12 deficiency; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINA PROPRIA; LETHARGY; LOOSE FECES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH EROSION; TROPICAL SPRUE; TURNER SYNDROME; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 78649253080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16620631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314231     Document Type: Article

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