The Assessment of Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Tolerance a Prospective Study of 300 Cases

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 141-147

  Farhadi, Ashkan ^a,d   Fields, Jeremy Z ^b   Hoseini, Seyed Hamid Bozorgnia ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^d Professional Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Gastroenterologist; Patient selection; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345735145     PISSN: 10703608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/dte.7.141     Document Type: Article

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