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Gastric amyloidosis presenting as acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report

BACKGROUND: Amyloidosis is characterized by extracellular tissue deposition of fibrils, composed of insoluble low-molecular-weight protein subunits. The type, location, and extent of fibril deposition generates variable clinical manifestations. Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding due to amyloid depositio...

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Autores principales: Chan, Rachael, Carpentier, Stephanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34325671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01882-7