A comparison of five maintenance therapies for reflux esophagitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 17, 1995, Pages 1106-1110

  Vigneri, Sergio ^a   Termini, Rosanna ^a   Leandro, Gioacchino ^a   Badalamenti, Salvatore ^a   Pantalena, Maurizio ^a   Savarino, Vincenzo ^a   di Mario, Francesco ^a   Battaglia, Giuseppe ^a   Mela, Giuseppe Sandro ^a   Pilotto, Alberto ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a   Davi, Giovanni ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SCREENING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; CISAPRIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OMEPRAZOLE; PIPERIDINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANITIDINE; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028853629     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199510263331703     Document Type: Article

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