Primary gastric melanoma: A rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 795-797

  Ravi, Anupama ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GASTRIC MELANOMA; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MELENA; SMOKING; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

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