SMALL INTESTINE The first large population based twin study of coeliac disease
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L Greco, R Romino, I Coto, N Di Cosmo, S Percopo, M Maglio, F Paparo, V Gasperi, M G Limongelli, R Cotichini, C D’Agate, N Tinto, L Sacchetti, R Tosi, M A Stazi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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