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*No specific laboratory findings are found in angiodysplasia.
*No specific laboratory findings are found in angiodysplasia.
*[[Complete blood count]] which may show microcytic hypochromic anemia due to iron deficiency.
*[[Complete blood count]] which may show microcytic hypochromic anemia due to iron deficiency.<ref name="pmid2676033">{{cite journal| author=Hemingway AP| title=Angiodysplasia as a cause of iron deficiency anaemia. | journal=Blood Rev | year= 1989 | volume= 3 | issue= 3 | pages= 147-51 | pmid=2676033 | doi=10.1016/0268-960x(89)90011-8 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2676033  }} </ref>
*[[Renal function tests]], [[liver function tests]] and [[coagulation studies]] to diagnose any underlying medical condition like [[Chronic renal failure|chronic kidney disease]], [[end-stage kidney disease]], congenital or acquired coagulation abnormalities.
*[[Renal function tests]], [[liver function tests]] and [[coagulation studies]] to diagnose any underlying medical condition like [[Chronic renal failure|chronic kidney disease]], [[end-stage kidney disease]], congenital or acquired coagulation abnormalities.
*[https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fecal_occult_blood Fecal occult blood] testing is positive when bleeding is active.
*[https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fecal_occult_blood Fecal occult blood] testing is positive when bleeding is active.

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No specific laboratory findings are found in angiodysplasia. Complete blood count may show microcytic hypochromic anemia due to iron deficiency. Fecal occult blood testing is positive when bleeding is active.

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  1. Hemingway AP (1989). "Angiodysplasia as a cause of iron deficiency anaemia". Blood Rev. 3 (3): 147–51. doi:10.1016/0268-960x(89)90011-8. PMID 2676033.

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