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Adult-Onset Autoimmune Enteropathy in the Setting of Thymoma Successfully Treated with Infliximab

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Jill E. Elwing MD & Ray E. Clouse MD

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8124, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA

    Ray E. Clouse MD

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Elwing, J.E., Clouse, R.E. Adult-Onset Autoimmune Enteropathy in the Setting of Thymoma Successfully Treated with Infliximab. Dig Dis Sci 50, 928–932 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-005-2666-x

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