| Literature DB >> 6613691 |
Abstract
A man with coeliac disease diagnosed in adult life developed a malignant carcinoid tumour in the ileum. Although previously unreported, the association may not be fortuitous in the light of recent observations showing consistent abnormalities in the enterochromaffin cell population in the damaged coeliac mucosa.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6613691 DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1983.tb03741.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Med Scand ISSN: 0001-6101