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Gave Syndrome – A Rare and Mysterious Cause of Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in the Elderly

Internal Medicine
Volume 16 (2019): Issue 4 (August 2019)
By: Alina Simache,  Alice Bălăceanu,  Cornelia Voiculeţ,  Secil Omer,  Ion Dina and  Magda Ruxandra Zaharia  
Open Access
|Sep 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2019-0079 | Journal eISSN: 1220-5818 | Journal ISSN: 1220-5818
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Language: English
Page range: 73 - 82
Published on: Sep 28, 2019
Published by: Romanian Society of Internal Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
GAVE syndrome,
watermelon stomach,
gastrointestinal bleeding,
iron deficiency anemia
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Cardiology,
Gastroenterology,
Pneumology

© 2019 Alina Simache, Alice Bălăceanu, Cornelia Voiculeţ, Secil Omer, Ion Dina, Magda Ruxandra Zaharia, published by Romanian Society of Internal Medicine
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