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Hematemesis is not infrequent occurences in the neonatal period. Physician' s first task is to
determine whether this blood is maternal in origin or whether the infant is bleeding internally.
Fetal blood indicates one of a variety of lesions and its source may be difficult to determine. The
causes are esophagitis, peptic ulcer of the stomach or duodernum, hemorrhagic disease and
pulmonary hemorrhage etc.
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