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Obscure Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage from Mesenteric Varices Diagnosed by Video Capsule Endoscopy

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  1. Section of Gastroenterology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston

    Oren K. Fix MD, MSc, Jonathan T. Simon MD, Francis A. Farraye MD, MSc & Jaime A. Oviedo MD

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston

    Daniel S. Pratt MD

  3. Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts

    David R. Cave MD, PhD

  4. Division of Gastroenterology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    William T. Chen MD

  5. University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Room S-357, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA

    Oren K. Fix MD, MSc

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Fix, O.K., Simon, J.T., Farraye, F.A. et al. Obscure Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage from Mesenteric Varices Diagnosed by Video Capsule Endoscopy. Dig Dis Sci 51, 1169–1174 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-8027-6

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