Impact of upper endoscopy on satisfaction in patients with previously uninvestigated dyspepsia

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-299

  Rabeneck, Linda ^a,b   Wristers, Kimberly ^a   Souchek, Julianne ^a   Ambriz, Eunice ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 0037344219     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.122     Document Type: Article

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