Diagnosis and management of lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-97

  Bloomfeld, Richard S ^a   Rockey, Don C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; SAFETY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0034086667     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001574-200001000-00016     Document Type: Article

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