Incidence and causes of rectal bleeding in general practice as detected by colonoscopy

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 404, 1996, Pages 161-164

  Metcalf, Jane V ^a,b   Smith, Jeannie ^c   Jones, Roger ^b   Record, Christopher O ^c  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal factors; Colonoscopy; Differential diagnosis; Digestive system diseases; Morbidity; Rectal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM POLYP; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM;

EID: 0029878320     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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