Peptic ulcer - Time trends at the turn of the millennium

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 570-571

  Kang, J Y ^a   Majeed, A ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; DUODENUM PERFORATION; DUODENUM ULCER; ERADICATION THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VASCULAR DISEASE; HISTORY; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 16544378752     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2004.05.007     Document Type: Note

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