Risk indicators of organic diseases in uninvestigated dyspepsia: A one-week survey in 246 Italian endoscopy units

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1129-1134

  Stanghellini, Vincenzo ^a,h   Anti, Marcello ^b   Porro, Gabriele Bianchi ^c   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^a   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^b   Giacosa, Attilio ^d   Fiocca, Roberto ^e   LaVecchia, Carlo ^f   Maconi, Giovanni ^c   Negri, Eva ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Endoscopy; Helicobacter pylori; Histology; Office based tests

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033364255     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199910000-00009     Document Type: Article

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