Incidence and etiology of acute non-malignant upper gastrointestinal bleeding in northern Greece

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1009-1013

  Tsesmeli, Niki E ^b   Kotsaftis, Panagiotis S ^b   Savopoulos, Christos G ^a,b   Hatzitolios, Apostolos I ^b   Kaiafa, Georgia D ^b   Kounanis, Andreas D ^b   Karamitsos, Dimitrios T ^b  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Helicobacter pylori; Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs; Peptic ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GREECE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATEMESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; YATES CONTINUITY CORRECTION;

EID: 34347379604     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04775.x     Document Type: Article

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