Diagnostic yield of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in relation to age and gender: A study of 10112 Saudi patients

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 409-415

  Ayoola, E A ^a,b   Al Rashed, R S ^a   Al Mofleh, I A ^a   Al Faleh, F Z ^a   Laajam, M ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Fahad Central Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aging; Duodenal ulcer; Gastrointestinal cancers; Peptic ulcer diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENDER; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH CANCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029971582     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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