Gastrointestinal bleeding following removal of a feeding jejunostomy tube in a gastrectomised patient: an uncommon cause of acute upper GI bleeding
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2362-0323
DOI: 10.4038/jpgim.8066