Complementary and alternative medicine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: results of a crosssectional study in Slovakia
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2381-1803
DOI: 10.15406/ijcam.2015.01.00006