Nicorandil may be associated with gastrointestinal ulceration

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7546, 2006, Pages 889-

  Egred, Mohaned ^a   Andron, Mohammed ^a   Morrison, W Lindsay ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NICORANDIL; NITRATE; STEROID; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ULCER; MOUTH ULCER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ULCER; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STENT; TONGUE ULCER; ULCER HEALING; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; IRRITABLE COLON; ULCER;

AGED; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; NICORANDIL; ULCER; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33645968149     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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