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Effect of erythromycin before endoscopy in patients presenting with variceal bleeding: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Ibrahim Altraif, Fayaz A. Handoo, Abdulrahman Aljumah, Abduljaleel Alalwan, Mutasim Dafalla, Abdullah Mohamed Saeed, Abdulrahman M. Alkhormi, Abdul Karim Albekairy, Hani Tamim

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2010 · 86 citations · 15 references

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Improved survival after variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis over the past two decades

Nicolas Carbonell, Arnaud Pauwels, Lawrence Serfaty et al. · Hepatology · 2004 · 850 citations · Full text

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Erythromycin is a motilin receptor agonist

T. L. Peeters, Gert Matthijs, Inge Depoortere et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology · 1989 · 359 citations

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Sclerotherapy with or without Octreotide for Acute Variceal Bleeding

Isabelle Besson, Pierre Ingrand, Bruno Person et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1995 · 276 citations · Full text

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Erythromycin accelerates gastric emptying by inducing antral contractions and improved gastroduodenal coordination

Vito Annese, J. Janssens, Gaston Vantrappen et al. · Gastroenterology · 1992 · 194 citations

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Erythromycin intravenous bolus infusion in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: A randomized, controlled, double-blind trial

Jean‐Louis Frossard, Laurent Spahr, P Queneau et al. · Gastroenterology · 2002 · 178 citations · Full text

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