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Research Article

Somatostatin Therapy Ameliorates Chronic and Refractory Gastrointestinal Bleeding Caused by Diffuse Angiodysplasia in a Patient on Anticoagulation Therapy

Blich M. Dept. of Internal Medicine 'C' Rambam Medical Center Haifa
,
Fruchter O. The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Haifa
,
Edelstein S. Dept. of Internal Medicine 'C' Rambam Medical Center Haifa
&
Edoute Y. The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Haifa
Pages 801-803 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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