A 40-year-old man comes to the office due to recurrent epigastric abdominal pain, nausea, and watery diarrhea for several months. He was previously treated for peptic ulcer disease and takes over-the-counter antacids with no significant relief. Abdominal examination shows mild epigastric1 tenderness. Testing for stool occult blood is positive, and laboratory studies show microcytic hypochromic anemia. Serum gastrin level is markedly elevated. Upper endoscopy reveals2 prominent gastric folds and multiple ulcers in the duodenum and proximal jejunum. This patient should be assessed for a personal or family history of which of the following conditions?
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1“epigastric”
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