Gastroenterology
Volume 131, Issue 1 , Pages 312-314 , July 2006

In Search of Desire: Mimicry, MAP, and Crohn’s Disease

  • Jonathan Braun

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Jonathan Braun, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095-1732. fax: (310) 825-5674.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.05.042

Gastroenterology
Volume 131, Issue 1 , Pages 312-314 , July 2006

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