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White small bowel in a patient with chronic diarrhoea
  1. Charles Houdeville1,
  2. Suzanne Chartier2,
  3. Matthieu Delaye3,
  4. Bettina Fabiani2,
  5. Nicolas Stocker3,
  6. Xavier Dray1
  1. 1 Sorbonne Université, Centre d'Endoscopie Digestive, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, APHP, Paris, France
  2. 2 Sorbonne Université, Département of Pathologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, APHP, Paris, France
  3. 3 Sorbonne Université, Service d'Hématologie Clinique et de Thérapie cellulaire, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, APHP, Paris, France
  1. Correspondence to Dr Charles Houdeville, Centre d’Endoscopie Digestive, Hospital Saint-Antoine, APHP, Paris 75012, France; charles.houdeville{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2021-326421

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