Assessment of upper gastrointestinal safety of etoricoxib and diclofenac in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in the Multinational Etoricoxib and Diclofenac Arthritis Long-term (MEDAL) programme: a randomised comparison
- 1 February 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet
- Vol. 369 (9560) , 465-473
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60234-7
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- Merck
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