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. 1967 Aug;8(4):388–401. doi: 10.1136/gut.8.4.388

Exocrine pancreatic disease and the malabsorption syndrome in tropical Africa.

J G Banwell, M R Hutt, P J Leonard, V Blackman, D W Connor, P D Marsden, J Campbell
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