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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2012; 18(12): 1414-1416
Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1414
Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1414
Pseudomelanosis duodeni associated with chronic renal failure
Marcia Henriques de Magalhães Costa, Maria da Gloria Fernandes Pegado, Cleber Vargas, Maria Elizabeth C Castro, Cyrla Zaltman, Gastroenterology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, Brazil
Kalil Madi, Department of Pathology, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, Brazil
Tiago Nunes, Hospital Clínic i Provincial/IDIBAPS, Barcelona 08036, Spain
Author contributions: Costa MHM and Zaltman C contributed equally to this work; Madi K contributed histopathological analysis; Pegado MGF, Vargas C and Castro MEC performed all endoscopic evaluations and reviewed the current literature on the subject; Costa MHM, Zaltman C and Nunes T wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Cyrla Zaltman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Gastroenteology, Gastroenterology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, Brazil. c.zaltman@gmail.com
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Received: April 2, 2011
Revised: September 30, 2011
Accepted: February 27, 2012
Published online: March 28, 2012
Revised: September 30, 2011
Accepted: February 27, 2012
Published online: March 28, 2012
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