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Endoscopic findings in a patient with  idiopathic/immune thrombocytopenic purpura: Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by Dieulafoy’s lesion

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  1. Departments of Hematology and Laboratory Medicine, General Incorporated Association Aiseikai Yamashina Hospital, 19-4 Takehana-Shichouno-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8086, Japan

    Mihoko Yoshida, Yosuke Matsumoto, Hideki Horie, Satoshi Nishimura, Kazuho Shimura, Hiroto Kaneko & Masafumi Taniwaki

  2. Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Masafumi Taniwaki

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Yoshida, M., Matsumoto, Y., Horie, H. et al. Endoscopic findings in a patient with  idiopathic/immune thrombocytopenic purpura: Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by Dieulafoy’s lesion. Indian J Gastroenterol 39, 102–103 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12664-019-01001-1

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