How useful is selection based on alarm symptoms in requesting gastroscopy? An evaluation of diagnostic determinants for gastro-oesophageal malignancy

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 437-443

  Numans, M E ^a   Van der Graaf, Y ^a   De Wit, N J ^a   De Melker, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic determinants; Family practice; Gastroscopy; Malignancy; Prediction

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035087669     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655201300051379     Document Type: Article

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