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The Association of Ménétrier Disease with Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report with Implications on the Pathogenesis of Ménétrier Disease

Ménétrier disease (MD) is a rare hypertrophic condition of the gastric mucosa. The unusual association of MD with ulcerative colitis (UC) has been reported in the literature in eight cases. Transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) is overexpressed in UC and appears to play a role in colonic heal...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Vien X., Nguyen, Cuong C., Leighton, Jonathan A., Pasha, Shabana F., Silva, Alvin C., Heppell, Jacques P., De Petris, Giovanni
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21103230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000255981