Endoscopy for hematochezia in patients under 50 years of age

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2660-2665

  Lewis, James D ^a,b   Shih, Christopher E ^b   Blecker, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyps; Colonic polyps; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0035215283     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012715110440     Document Type: Article

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