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Ulcerative jejunitis: Are we missing cases?

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We present two cases of ulcerative jejunitis unassociated with coeliac disease. The condition is probably being underdiagnosed especially since the reduction in the investigative laparotomy.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Gastroenterology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

    R. W. Costello, D. J. Lyons & J. F. Fielding

  2. Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

    R. W. Costello, D. J. Lyons & J. F. Fielding

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Costello, R.W., Lyons, D.J. & Fielding, J.F. Ulcerative jejunitis: Are we missing cases?. I.J.M.S. 160, 342–343 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02957890

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