Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 42, Issue 6 , Pages 605-612 , May 1949

Aetiological and prognostic features in tropical sprue A study of 47 cases over a year period

  • A.W Woodruff, M.D., M.R.C.P., D.T.M., H.

      Affiliations

    • First Assistant, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College Hospital, London, UK
    • Lecturer in Clinical Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

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☆ I wish to thank Dr. F. Murgatroyd for his criticism and advice, Dr. J. Martin for the statistical comments, the D.G.M.S., Royal Air Force, for permission to publish this paper, and Dr. C. C. Ungley for advice regarding the follow-up of the patients.I am grateful to the University of Durham, Department of Medicine, for bearing the expenses of this investigation, which was mostly carried out while working on the University Medical Professorial Unit.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 42, Issue 6 , Pages 605-612 , May 1949

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