Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease: Is Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis the common villain?

Gut Pathogens

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Pierce, Ellen S ^a  

^a Spokane Valley   (United States)

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EID: 79960932062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17574749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-4749-2-21     Document Type: Review

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