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Effects of nutritional therapy on chemiluminescence in Crohn's disease

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  1. the First Department of Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 814-01, Fukuoka, Japan

    Nobuo Okabe MD, Kazuhiro Maeda MD, Mitsuo Okada MD & Tsuneyoshi Yao MD

  2. Department of Gastroenterology Chikushi Hospital, Fukuoka University, 818, Chikushino City, Japan

    Mitsuhiko Ueki MD, Toshihiro Sakurai MD & Toshiyuki Matsui MD

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Okabe, N., Maeda, K., Okada, M. et al. Effects of nutritional therapy on chemiluminescence in Crohn's disease. Digest Dis Sci 36, 1661–1662 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01296414

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