Atorvastatin-induced severe gastric ulceration: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 3159-3160

  El Hajj, Ihab I ^a   Mourad, Fadi H ^a   Shabb, Nina S ^a   Barada, Kassem A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; Drug toxicity; Gastric ulceration

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RABEPRAZOLE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 20344389298     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i20.3159     Document Type: Article

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