Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is a relatively rare cause of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that mainly affects women aged 70 years and older. Despite the obscurity of its true incidence, a ...

Asymptomatic Subjects. Sixty-five healthy, asymptomatic volunteers aged 54.2 ± 2.0 years (mean ± SEM; range 20 86 years) were involved in the present study. All subjects were initially screened for H.

Helicobacter pylori was the common thread in two disorders —one benign and the other not. Ms. L, a 90-year-old African American, presented with sudden onset of hematemesis. Mucosal and conjunctival ...