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Gastrointestinal bleed in a toddler secondary to chronic renal failure and hyper-gastrinemia

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A 3-year-old girl with H. Pylori negative duodenal ulcer with hypergastrinemia secondary to chronic renal failure presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleed as the cardinal manifestation is unusual in toddlers and the case is presented for its rarity.

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  1. Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, 12-A, Nageswara road, Nungambakkam Chennai, India

    R. Ganesh, N. Suresh, N. Prahalad, M. Vijayakumar, B. R. Nammalwar & Malathi Sathiyasekaran

  2. Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist, No 1,16th cross street, Indra Nagar, Chennai, 600 020, Tamil Nadu, India

    Malathi Sathiyasekaran

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Ganesh, R., Suresh, N., Prahalad, N. et al. Gastrointestinal bleed in a toddler secondary to chronic renal failure and hyper-gastrinemia. Indian J Pediatr 75, 80–81 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-008-0013-x

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