Meta-analysis: Incidence of endoscopic gastric and duodenal ulcers in placebo arms of randomized placebo-controlled NSAID trials

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-209

  Yuan, Y H ^a,b   Wang, C ^a   Yuan, Y ^a   Hunt, R H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG SAFETY; DUODENUM ULCER; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH ULCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DUODENAL ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650418182     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04038.x     Document Type: Article

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