Cimetidine and Tranexamic Acid in the Treatment of Acute Upper-Gastrointestinal-Tract Bleeding

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 308, Issue 26, 1983, Pages 1571-1575

  Barer, David ^a   Ogilvie, Alan ^a   Henry, David ^a   Dronfield, Michael ^a   Coggon, David ^a   French, Shelagh ^a   Ellis, Susan ^a   Atkinson, Michael ^a   Langman, Michael ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; PLACEBO; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMPARISON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; FIBRINOLYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELENA; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; THERAPY; TRIAL;

EID: 0020529929     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198306303082606     Document Type: Article

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