Necessity of phenotypic classification of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
β Scribed by Edouard Louis; Catherine Van Kemseke; Catherine Reenaers
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1521-6918
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