Tranexamic acid for upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Gluud, Lise Lotte ^a   Klingenberg, S L ^b   Langholz, E ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

CINAHL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 41749109156     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006640     Document Type: Review

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