Intractable Diarrhea in Two Brothers: Late Diagnosis of Tufting Enteropathy in Adolescence

Overview

Journal Dig Dis Sci

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2015 Jun 28

PMID 26115750

Citations 4

Authors

Kelly Haas

Brock Martin

Martin Martin

John Kerner

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