Journal article
Prospective multicentre study of risk factors associated with delayed healing of recurrent duodenal ulcers (RUDER). RUDER Study Group.
Abstract
Risk factors for delayed duodenal ulcer healing during treatment with ranitidine (300 mg daily) were examined in a multicentre German study of 1923 patients with endoscopically proved, recurrent duodenal ulceration. Healing rates, per protocol, were 39.5% at two weeks, 70.9% at four weeks, and 93.2% at eight weeks. Prospective testing of five, predefined risk factors indicated that smoking (p = 0.0039) was associated with a decreased healing …
Authors
Armstrong D; Arnold R; Classen M; Fischer M; Goebell H; Blum AL
Journal
Gut, Vol. 34, No. 10,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
October 1, 1993
DOI
10.1136/gut.34.10.1319
ISSN
0017-5749