Medical Hypotheses
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 59-60 , July 2001

Iron loading: a risk factor for Whipple’s disease?

Received 18 July 2000 ,Accepted 16 October 2000.

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PII: S0306-9877(00)91250-7

doi: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1250

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 59-60 , July 2001

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