Appropriateness of colonoscopy: Lower abdominal pain or constipation

Endoscopy

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 637-640

  De Bosset, V ^a   Gonvers, Jean Jacques ^a   Vader, J P ^b   Dubois, R W ^c   Burnand, B ^b   Froehlich, F ^a  

^a POLICLINIQUE MÉDICALE UNIVERSITAIRE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Protocare Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULITIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ADULT; AGED; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032589925     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-69     Document Type: Short Survey

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