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The syndrome of Mallory-Weiss can be defined as a gastrointestinal bleeding caused by mucosal laceration at the lower part of the esophagus and/or the cardiac portion of the stomach, elicited by a more or less sudden increase of the intragastric pressure.
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Janssens, J., Valembois, P. (1974). Mallory-Weiss Syndrome. In: Diseases of the Esophagus. Handbuch der inneren Medizin, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86429-2_46
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