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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jan 16, 2013; 5(1): 6-13
Published online Jan 16, 2013. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v5.i1.6
Table 3 Gastric antral vascular ectasia and associated diseases
Associated diseasePrevalence (%)Ref.
Autoimmune diseases60
Raynaud's phenomenon[10]
Sclerodactyly[10]
Sjogren's syndrome[19]
Systemic sclerosis[21,32]
Primary biliary cirrhosis[10,32]
Systemic lupus erythematosus[20]
Liver cirrhosis and/or portal hypertension30[22-24]
Others10
Chronic renal failure[10]
Bone marrow transplantation[25]
Cardiac diseases[10,26]