A study at 10 medical centers of the safety and efficacy of 48 flexible sigmoidoscopies and 8 colonoscopies during pregnancy with follow-up of fetal outcome and with comparison to control groups

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2353-2361

  Cappell, Mitchell S ^a,b   Colon, Victor J ^c   Sidhom, Osama A ^c  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

colonoscopy; congenital anomalies; endoscopic complications; flexible sigmoidoscopy; gastrointestinal endoscopy; lower gastrointestinal bleeding; neonatology; parturition; pregnancy; teratology; therapeutic endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0030469051     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02100127     Document Type: Article

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