Tropical sprue: A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-14

  Ramakrishna, B S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTENSIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAT INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; NOTE; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TROPICAL SPRUE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; SPRUE, TROPICAL;

EID: 84874709712     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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