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Fatal upper gastrointestinal bleed arising from duodenal varices secondary to undiagnosed portal hypertension

Duodenal varices are an unexpected source of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage associated with high mortality. The prevalence of ectopic variceal bleeding accounts for 2–5% of all variceal bleeding; of this, only 17% occurs in the duodenum. Diagnosis is difficult, and insufficient evidence exists t...

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Hauptverfasser: Larson, John V, Steensma, Elizabeth A, Burke, Leandra H, Bartholomew, David M
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762467/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23955984
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-200194
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