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Case 29-2022: A 33-Year-Old Man with Chronic Diarrhea and Autoimmune Enteropathy

  • 0From the Departments of Medicine (F.P.C., Y.-B.C., S.B.), Pathology (S.G.S.), and Pediatrics (F.A.H.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (F.P.C., Y.-B.C., S.B.), Pathology (S.G.S.), and Pediatrics (F.A.H.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.
The New England Journal of Medicine +

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September 21, 2022

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September 21, 2022

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