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==Differentiating Tropical Sprue from other Diseases==
==Differentiating Tropical Sprue from other Diseases==
 
Tropical sprue must be differentiated from other diseases presenting with similar features:
*Celiac disease<ref name="pmid24889052">{{cite journal| author=Langenberg MC, Wismans PJ, van Genderen PJ| title=Distinguishing tropical sprue from celiac disease in returning travellers with chronic diarrhoea: a diagnostic challenge? | journal=Travel Med Infect Dis | year= 2014 | volume= 12 | issue= 4 | pages= 401-5 | pmid=24889052 | doi=10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.05.001 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24889052  }} </ref>


==References==
==References==

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Differentiating Tropical Sprue from other Diseases

Tropical sprue must be differentiated from other diseases presenting with similar features:

  • Celiac disease[1]

References

  1. Langenberg MC, Wismans PJ, van Genderen PJ (2014). "Distinguishing tropical sprue from celiac disease in returning travellers with chronic diarrhoea: a diagnostic challenge?". Travel Med Infect Dis. 12 (4): 401–5. doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.05.001. PMID 24889052.


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