Diagnostic yield of alarm features in irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia

Gut

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 666-672

  Hammer, J ^a   Eslick, G D ^b   Howell, S C ^c   Altiparmak, E ^d   Talley, N J ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic   (Turkey)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRRITABLE COLON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DYSPEPSIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 2342420236     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2003.021857     Document Type: Article

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