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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: results of a cross-sectional study in Norway

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Pages 1436-1447 | Received 03 Jul 2012, Accepted 22 Aug 2012, Published online: 25 Sep 2012

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