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| Year : 2003 |
Volume
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Asymptomatic Gastric Angiodysplasia in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients: Case Reports
K Charfeddine, K Kammoun, M Kharrat, S Yaich, K Mkawar, F Jarraya, H Bahloul, J Hachicha
Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
Correspondence Address:
K Charfeddine
Assistant Professor of Nephrology, Sfax University, P.O. Box 288, 3027 Sfax-Jadida
Tunisia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 17657090 
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Gastrointestinal (GI) angiodysplasia is a vascular lesion. It is a common cause of GI bleeding in chronic renal failure (CRF). We report three adult chronic hemodialysis patients with asymptomatic angiodysplasia. Over a period of four years, the hemoglobin level was stable and none of our patients received iron supplementation or erythropoietin (EPO) therapy. Incidence of angiodysplasia may be underestimated in the CRF patients. Further studies may be needed. |
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