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Editorial
. 2009 Nov;7(11):1147-50.
doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.06.006. Epub 2009 Jun 25.

Endoscopic ulcers are neither meaningful nor validated as a surrogate for clinically significant upper gastrointestinal harm

David Y Graham
Editorial

Endoscopic ulcers are neither meaningful nor validated as a surrogate for clinically significant upper gastrointestinal harm

David Y Graham. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Nov.
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Potential conflicts of interest

In the last three years Dr. Graham has received small amounts of grant support and/or free drugs or urea breath tests from Meretek, and BioHit for investigator initiated and completely investigator controlled research. Dr. Graham is a consultant for Novartis in relation to vaccine development for treatment or prevention of H. pylori infection and a paid consultant for Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of the 13C-urea breath test. Dr. Graham will receive royalties on materials related to the US version of the 13C-urea breath test until October 2009. Dr. Graham is also an unpaid member of the executive committee of the PRECISION trial which is supported by Pfizer and is designed to compare the cardiovascular safety of celecoxib, naproxen, and ibuprofen in higher cardiovascular risk patients.

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