Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 5 , Pages 1743-1744 , November 2007

Australian Crohn’s Antibiotic Study Opens New Horizons

  • Laura Gitlin

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada
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  • James Biesecker

      Affiliations

    • BBC Biochemical, Inc, Mount Vernon, Washington

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PII: S0016-5085(07)01655-1

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.09.014

Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 5 , Pages 1743-1744 , November 2007