Does Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis cause Crohn's disease?
Open Access
- 1 July 2005
- Vol. 54 (7), 896-898
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2004.055889
Abstract
Reassessing this persistent theory in light of advances in molecular microbial detection and genetic pathogenesis of disease.Keywords
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