Haemorrhage due to Ginkgo biloba?

Prescrire International

Volumn 17, Issue 93, 2008, Pages 19-

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ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINKGOLIDE; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

GINKGO BILOBA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS;

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