Appropriateness of colonoscopy: Iron-deficiency anemia

Endoscopy

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 627-630

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

COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032589927     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-67     Document Type: Short Survey

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