Appropriateness and diagnostic yield of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in an open-access endoscopy unit

Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 661-666

  Gonvers, J J ^a,b,g   Burnand, B ^a,b   Froehlich, F ^a,b   Pache, I ^a,b,c   Thorens, J ^a,b,d   Fried, M ^a,b,e   Kosecoff, J ^a,b,f   Vader, J P ^a,b   Brook, R H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Value Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^g POLICLINIQUE MÉDICALE UNIVERSITAIRE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0029855713     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1005573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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