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Melena

Known as: VERIULOSTE/MELENA, Melena/feci nere picee, Melena [Disease/Finding] 
Abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood, usually from gastrointestinal bleeding.
National Institutes of Health

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20 relations
BloodBlood in stoolFecesHematemesis and melena of newborn due to swallowed maternal blood

Narrower (1)

Feces color: tarry

Broader (3)

Gastrointestinal DiseasesGastrointestinal HemorrhageHemorrhage

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Teflon pledget reinforced fundoplication causes symptomatic gastric and esophageal lumenal penetration.
2000
2000
Reduction of gastrointestinal toxicity of NSAIDs via molecular modifications leading to antioxidant anti-inflammatory drugs.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Ultrastructure of synapses and golgi analysis of neurons in neocortex of the lateral gyrus (visual cortex) of the dolphin and pilot whale
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Evidence for previous hepatitis B virus infection in alcoholic cirrhosis.
A 57-year-old woman presented in November 1978 with a two-month history of intermittent fever, an evanescent non-pruritic rash… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Idiopathic chronic ulcerative enteritis. Report of five cases and review of the literature.
Five patients with non-specific small intestinal ulceration and malabsorption are presented. Four of these patients had subtotal… 
Review
1971
Review
1971
Recurrent Haemorrhage after Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding*
A retrospective survey of 472 consecutive hospital admissions for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding showed that patients with… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
CHOLESTEROL EMBOLISM: A MULTIPLE-SYSTEM DISEASE MASQUERADING AS POLYARTERITIS NODOSA.
1965
1965
TRANSFUSION OF FRESH CONCENTRATED PLATELETS TO CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA.
1964
1964
A study of the hatching process in aquatic invertebrates
SummaryThe hatching process was observed in eggs of Notonecta melaena. A thick outer egg membrane ruptured at the cephalic end by… 
Review
1956
Review
1956
Essential cryoglobulinaemia; review of the literature and report of a case treated with ACTH and cortisone.
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