Occult gastrointestinal bleeding

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-46

  Rockey, Don C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; IRON; PROGESTERONE;

CAUTERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0033167994     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199907013410107     Document Type: Review

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