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Original Article

Tropical Sprue in Northern India

R. C. Misra Department of Medicine and Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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N. Krishnan Department of Medicine and Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
V. Ramalingaswami Department of Medicine and Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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H. K. Chuttani Department of Medicine and Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Pages 192-199 | Received 23 May 1967, Published online: 25 Feb 2010

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