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Celiac disease among at-risk individuals in Saudi Arabia

Mohammad-Ayman A. Safi
Saudi Medical Journal January 2019, 40 (1) 9-18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.1.23892
Mohammad-Ayman A. Safi
From the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
PhD (UK)
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