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Open-and-Shut Case: An Uncommon Cause of GI Bleeding

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  1. Department of Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, USA

    Barnabas Yik

  2. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Alexander Podboy & Nimeesh Shah

  3. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, USA

    Nimeesh Shah

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Yik, B., Podboy, A. & Shah, N. Open-and-Shut Case: An Uncommon Cause of GI Bleeding. Dig Dis Sci 64, 1789–1791 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-018-5447-z

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