Calculating the benefit of a negative endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 752-754

  Sonnenberg, Amnon ^a   Lieberman, David A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGED; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0242710100     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(03)02022-4     Document Type: Editorial

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