Acute variceal bleeding in a patient with idiopathic myelofibrosis successfully treated with endoscopic variceal band ligation and chemotherapy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Idiopathic myelofibrosis is a chronic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by leukoerythroblastosis, massive splenomegaly, and increases in the reticular and collagen fibers in the bone marrow. Portal hypertension is observed in some patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis. Gastroi...

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Main Authors: Tamaki, Kumiko, Otaka, Michiro, Sakamoto, Naoto, Matsumoto, Kenshi, Yamashina, Shunhei, Watanabe, Sumio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2830976/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20181038
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-25
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