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Watermelon stomach in dengue hemorrhagic fever.
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INTRODUCTION Watermelon stomach (WS) or gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding described in a variety of autoimmune disorders. Association of watermelon stomach with Sjögren's syndrome is extremely rare. CASE REPORT; We presented a 67-year old female with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) who had developed a persistent severe iron-deficiency anem...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.080461