Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease: Why the differences between North America and Latin America?;Epidemiología de la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal: ¿por qué las diferencias entre norteamérica y latinoamérica?

Revista Colombiana de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-105

  Vargas, Rómulo Darío ^a  

^a Editor Revista Colombiana de Gastroenterología   (Colombia)

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EID: 78751610474     PISSN: 01209957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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