Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient receiving selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Athimulam, Shobana ^a   Sharma, Naveen ^a   Khan, Shahid A ^a  

^a LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; HEMOGLOBIN; MIRTAZAPINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MELENA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VOMITING;

EID: 79957442493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.01.2011.3741     Document Type: Article

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