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Frequency of NSAID induced peptic ulcer disease

Saeed Hamid1, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri

  • 1Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.

JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
|June 14, 2006
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