Open access endoscopy for hospitalized patients

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1823-1826

  Sperber, A D ^a,b   Fich, A ^a   Eidelman, L ^a   Krugliak, P ^a   Odes, H S ^a   Hilzenrat, N ^a   Gaspar, N ^a   Zilberman, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030813009     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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