"Angiodysplasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Acquired degenerative dilation or expansion (ectasia) of normal BLOOD VESSELS, often associated with aging. They are isolated, tortuous, thin-walled vessels and sources of bleeding. They occur most often in mucosal capillaries of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT leading to GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE and ANEMIA.
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D016888
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.075
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| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Angiodysplasia" by people in Profiles.
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Is Endoscopic Therapy Effective for Angioectasia in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding?: A Systematic Review of the Literature. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2015 Nov-Dec; 49(10):823-30.
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Clinical problem-solving. A not-so-obscure cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. N Engl J Med. 2015 Feb 05; 372(6):556-61.