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A Gut Feeling

Authors :
Lawrence M. Tierney
Jeffrey Kohlwes
Neil N. Trivedi
Jessica Haberer
Source :
New England Journal of Medicine. 349:73-78
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Massachusetts Medical Society, 2003.

Abstract

A 79-year-old man reports an 18-kg weight loss over the previous six months. Seven months before admission, his house burned down and insomnia and anorexia developed. One month before admission, he began having diffuse abdominal pain that a proton-pump inhibitor did not improve.

Details

ISSN :
15334406 and 00284793
Volume :
349
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
New England Journal of Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........30083c834476277caf85b2d52c2c1290
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmcps030332