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.

An indirect assessment of the functioning of smooth muscle activity in the airways and gastrointestinal wall may help explain the shared pathophysiology that links these 2 common childhood ailments.