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Original Article

The Colon in Carbohydrate Malabsorption: Short-Chain Fatty Acids, pH, and Osmotic Diarrhoea

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Pages 545-552 | Received 06 Dec 1991, Accepted 28 Jan 1992, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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