Colonoscopy: Evaluating indications and diagnostic yield

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 304-307

  Al Shamali, Mohammed A ^a   Kalaoui, Maher ^a   Hasan, Fuad ^a   Khajad, Abdulkareem ^a   Siddiqe, Iqbal ^a   Al Nakeeb, Basil ^a  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Colonoscopy; Diagnostic yield; Diarrhea; Inflammatory bowel disease; Iron deficiency anemia; Lower gastrointestinal bleeding; Mass lesions; Polyps

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHILD; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON DISEASE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0035740871     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2001.304     Document Type: Article

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