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CASE REPORT: Autoimmune Enteropathy and Colitis in an Adult Patient

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  1. The Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Antonio Carroccio, Lidia Di Prima, Maurizio R. Averna, Giuseppe Montalto & Alberto Notarbartolo

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Umberto Volta & Nunzio Petrolini

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Carroccio, A., Volta, U., Di Prima, L. et al. CASE REPORT: Autoimmune Enteropathy and Colitis in an Adult Patient. Dig Dis Sci 48, 1600–1606 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024705032326

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