Gastrointestinal bleeding in the elderly

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 511-525

  Rosen, A M ^a  

^a Rockford Gastroenterology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; FAMOTIDINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE;

AGING; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OCCULT BLOOD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH LAVAGE;

EID: 0032772584     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30046-6     Document Type: Review

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