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Mustafa, N.A., Aktürk, G., Özen, I. et al. Acute stress bleeding prophylaxis with sucralfate versus ranitidine and incidence of secondary pneumonia in intensive care unit patients. Intensive Care Med 21, 287 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701491
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