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[Gastrointestinal bleeding revealing polycythemia. A case report]

Abdessadek El Khattabi1, Fatima Tabache, Mohammed Baaj

  • 1Service de Médecine Interne B , Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Mohammed-V, CHU, BP 1018, Riad-Rabat, Maroc. elabdo2002@yahoo.fr

Annales De Medecine Interne
|August 12, 2003
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