Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 174-179 , August 2002

Erythromycin improves the quality of EGD in patients with acute upper GI bleeding: A randomized controlled study

Presented at the annual Digestive Disease Week, May 20-23, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia (Gastrointest Endosc 2001;53:AB67).

Received 7 August 2001 ,Revised 4 December 2001 ,Accepted 25 January 2002.

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