A 12 years audit of upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 321-324

  Khurram, Muhammad ^a   Khaar, Hamama tul Bushra ^a   Hasan, Zubair ^a   Umar, Mohammad ^a   Javed, Saima ^a   Asghar, Tanseer ^a   Minhas, Zahid ^a   Akbar, Abrar ^a   Atta, Naveed ^a   Nassar, Farzana ^a   Masoom, Asia ^b   Sultana, Qanait ^a   Pervaiz, Adnan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DHQ Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Dyspepsia; Gastric ulcer; Gastritis; Upper GI bleed; Upper GI endoscopy; Varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAKISTAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ULCER; STOMACH VARICES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038381719     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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