Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 5 , Pages 1697-1717 , November 2007

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Technical Review on Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

  • Gottumukkala S. Raju

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Galveston, Texas
    • ,
  • Lauren Gerson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    • ,
  • Ananya Das

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
    • ,
  • Blair Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.06.007

Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 5 , Pages 1697-1717 , November 2007

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