Clinical and Anthropometric Profile of Children with Celiac Disease in Punjab (North India)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1465-3664,0142-6338
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi054