Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis bacteraemia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
โ Scribed by Warwick S Selby
- Book ID
- 117287031
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 364
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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