How should new-onset dyspepsia be managed in general and specialist practice?

Bailliere's Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 587-599

  Bytzer, Peter ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Endoscopy; Functional dyspepsia; Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Management strategies; Peptic ulcer; Test and treat

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031760912     PISSN: 09503528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3528(98)90026-4     Document Type: Article

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