Can Celiac Sprue Cause Speech Disorder?
Celiac disease, or celiac sprue, is a
It causes poor absorption by the intestine of
The word sprue derives from the Dutch spruw, which means mouth blisters. These were described as an important sign of the illness by the Dutch physician Vincent Ketelaer in 1669, almost three...
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