Tropical sprue: Revisiting an underrecognized disease

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 666-672

  Brown, Ian S ^a,b   Bettington, Andrew ^c   Bettington, Mark ^a,d,e   Rosty, Christophe ^a,e,f  

^a Envoi Specialist Pathologists   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^d Conjoint Gastroenterology Laboratory ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

celiac disease; gluten sensitive enteropathy; tropical sprue; villous atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TROPICAL SPRUE;

ADULT; AGED; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPRUE, TROPICAL;

EID: 84899087322     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000153     Document Type: Article

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