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Biotin effects in Chrohn's disease

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  1. The First Department of Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Nobuo Okabe MD, Katsuhiko Urabe MD, Koichi Fujita MD, Tsutomu Yamamoto MD & Tsuneyoshi Yao MD

  2. Fuso Pharmaco. Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan

    Shingo Doi PhD

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Okabe, N., Urabe, K., Fujita, K. et al. Biotin effects in Chrohn's disease. Digest Dis Sci 33, 1495–1496 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537009

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