A rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with end stage renal disease: gastric amyloidosis.
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This letter has two purpose: First, evaluate the correlation between our endoscopic findings of gastric amyloidosis with previous report of Vargas et al. Second, draw attention to the fact that amyloidosis may occur upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva
دوره 109 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017