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Cure My Virus: Hematemesis and Melena in a Transplant Recipient

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    S. Sahni, N. Yaghooti, A. Birg & D. M. McCarthy

  2. Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA

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  3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico HSC, MSC10-5550, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

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Sahni, S., Kassam, H., Yaghooti, N. et al. Cure My Virus: Hematemesis and Melena in a Transplant Recipient. Dig Dis Sci 66, 728–732 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-021-06838-1

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