Gastric adenocarcinoma missed at endoscopy

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 681-684

  Amin, A ^a   Gilmour, H ^a   Graham, L ^a   Paterson Brown, S ^a   Terrace, J ^a   Crofts, T J ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic delay; Endoscopy; Gastric adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036814597     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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