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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Infants: The Other “End of the Beginning”?
Klaus-Peter Zimmer,
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Klaus-Peter Zimmer
Children's hospital, University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof Dr K.-P. Zimmer, Abt. Allgemeine Pädiatrie und Neonatologie, Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg GmbH, Feulgenstr. 12, 35385 Gießen, Germany (e-mail:
[email protected]).
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Klaus-Peter Zimmer,
Corresponding Author
Klaus-Peter Zimmer
Children's hospital, University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof Dr K.-P. Zimmer, Abt. Allgemeine Pädiatrie und Neonatologie, Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg GmbH, Feulgenstr. 12, 35385 Gießen, Germany (e-mail:
[email protected]).
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First published: 01 November 2006
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