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                         THE SPRUE-NIK PRESS

       Published by the Tri-County Celiac Sprue Support Group,
       a chapter of CSA/USA, Inc. serving southeastern Michigan

Volume 6, Number 5                                      June/July 1997
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          .....................................................
          : What's Inside                        Look in Part :
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          : Miscellaneous Notes  . . . . . . . . .     -2-    :
          : Refractory Celiac Disease  . . . . . .     ***    :
          : Newsletter Roundup . . . . . . . . . .  -3- & -4- :
          :...................................................:

*** This article has already been posted to the CELIAC list.  It has
    been deleted here because it already appears elsewhere in the
    archives.



References
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<1> From the CELIAC Listserv archives, on the Internet, Janet
    Rinehart, posted June 25, 1997.

<2> From the CELIAC Listserv archives, on the Internet, Michael Jones,
    posted May 26, 1997.

<3> Michael Jones, CELIAC Listserv archives (on the internet), Oct.
    16, 1996.

<4> From the CELIAC Listserv archives, on the Internet, Dr. Joseph
    Murray, posted June 2, 1997.

<5> J Poneros, S Stavropoulos, L Das, F Byfield, D McMahon, P Green,
    Dept. of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and
    Surgeons, New York, NY.

<6> Canada NewsWire, "Merck Frosst Partners in Ontario Health
    Prevention Program", from the internet: http://www.newswire.ca/
    releases/July1996/16/c1939.html, obtained June 26, 1997.

<7> P Green, H Rotterdam, J Poneros, F Byfield, Depts. of Medicine and
    Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,
    New York, NY.



Tri-County Celiac Sprue Support Group Officials:
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Physician Advisor:   Thomas Alexander, M.D.
Pediatric Advisor:   Robert Truding, M.D.
Dietitian Advisor:   Dorothy Vaughan, R.D.

President:           Mary Guerriero   ([log in to unmask])
Vice President:      Sue Gentilia   ([log in to unmask])
Past President:      Diane Morof
Finance Committee:   Maria Montie
Secretary:           Denise Parsons

Newsletter Editor:   Jim Lyles   ([log in to unmask])



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