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Original Article

Assessing guideline adherence in patients with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding receiving antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy

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Pages 1357-1363 | Received 31 Mar 2019, Accepted 24 Oct 2019, Published online: 13 Nov 2019

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