Risk factors for rebleeding and death from peptic ulcer in the very elderly

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-124

  Chow, L W C ^a   Gertsch, P ^a   Poon, R T P ^a   Branicki, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031963035     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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