obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
- obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
- persistent or recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding when a standard endoscopic evaluation is negative; it may be either overt, with melena or hematochezia, or occult, with anemia or a positive test for occult blood.
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