Healing of Benign Gastric Ulcer with Low-Dose Antacid or Cimetidine: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 308, Issue 22, 1983, Pages 1319-1324

  Isenberg, Jon I ^a   Peterson, Walter L ^a   Elashoff, Janet D ^a   Sandersfeld, Mary Ann ^a   Reedy, Terry J ^a   Ippoliti, Andrew F ^a   Deventer, Gary M Van ^a   Frankl, Harold ^a   Longstreth, George F ^a   Anderson, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; ANTACID AGENT; CIMETIDINE; PLACEBO;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT; STOMACH; STOMACH ULCER; THERAPY; TRIAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0020581879     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198306023082203     Document Type: Article

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