Duodenal erosions on cimetidine therapy.
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Cimetidine in treatment of duodenal ulcer.
One hundred patients with endoscopically confirmed duodenal ulcer were treated with cimetidine (Tagamet) in dosage of 1G/day or 400 mg b.d. for six weeks and 400 mg nocte for further 6 weeks. Eighty-five patients completed twelve weeks of cimetidine treatment. Eighty (94%) of these were symptom free and ulcers healed at the end of 12 weeks treatment; fifteen patients were lost to follow up. One...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1278-b