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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in tropical sprue

M Morales1, E Galván, C M Mery

  • 1Department of Gastroenterology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Col. Tlalpan, 14000 Mexico City, Mexico.

Digestion
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