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. 2011 Spring;15(2):93.
doi: 10.7812/TPP/11.977.

Letters

Khurram Abbass, Waheed Gul, Salma Akram

Letters

Khurram Abbass et al. Perm J. 2011 Spring.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Showing the appearance similar to the dark stripes on surface of a watermelon, suggestive of gastric antral vascular ectasia.
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