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Small bowel varices secondary to chronic superior mesenteric vein thrombosis in a patient with heterozygous Factor V Leiden mutation: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Bleeding ectopic small bowel varices pose a clinical dilemma for the physician, given their diagnostic obscurity and the lack of evidence-based medicine to guide therapy. They often occur in the context of portal hypertension, secondary to either liver disease or extrahepatic causes. R...

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Autores principales: Garcia, Maria C., Ahlenstiel, Golo, Mahajan, Hema, van der Poorten, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26423996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0705-6