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Intractable gastrointestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia in a patient with Bernard–Soulier syndrome

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Habib Thameur Hospital, 8, Ali Ben Ayed Street, Montfleury, 1008, Tunis, Tunisia

    Asma Ouakaa-Kchaou, Dalila Gargouri, Héla Elloumi, Jamel Kharrat & Abdeljabbar Ghorbel

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Ouakaa-Kchaou, A., Gargouri, D., Elloumi, H. et al. Intractable gastrointestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia in a patient with Bernard–Soulier syndrome. Ann Hematol 90, 861–862 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-010-1116-9

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