Epidemiology of Whipple's disease in Germany. Analysis of 110 patients diagnosed in 1965-95.

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Published in Scand J Gastroenterol on January 01, 1997

Authors

A von Herbay1, H F Otto, M Stolte, F Borchard, T Kirchner, H J Ditton, M Maiwald

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1: Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

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