Pattern of colonic disease in lower gastrointestinal bleeding in Jordanian patients: A prospective colonoscopic study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-214

  Shennak, Mustafa M ^a   Tarawneh, Musleh M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Colonic disease; Jordanians; Lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM POLYP; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031024863     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02054990     Document Type: Article

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