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A case of primary of a 47-year-old Japanese male was reported. He showed remarkable clinical and biochemical improvement on gluten-free diet and gained 12.5 kg in four months. Approximately one and a helf years later he was found that he had developed retroperitoneal lymphatic reticulosarcoma.
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A part of this was read in the 47th annual meeting of the Japan Society of Gastroenterology in September of 1962.
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Yamagata, S., Ishikawa, M. & Yamagishi, G. Case of primary sprue followed by reticulosarcoma. Gastroenterol Jpn 1, 1–4 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02775091
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