Colonoscopic evaluation of severe hematochezia in an Oriental population

Endoscopy

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 675-680

  Kok, K Y Y ^a,b   Kum, C K ^a   Goh, P M Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SINGAPORE; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0031792412     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1001387     Document Type: Article

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