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A 59-Year-Old Woman with Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: Understanding the Gist of GISTs

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    Daniel Castresana, Ahmed Deabes & Archana Kaza

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Castresana, D., Deabes, A. & Kaza, A. A 59-Year-Old Woman with Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: Understanding the Gist of GISTs. Dig Dis Sci 60, 1928–1930 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-015-3718-5

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