Sigmoidoscopy in children with chronic lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 365-368

  Mandhan, P ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Children; Lymphoid nodular hyperplasia; Proctitis; Rectal polyps; Rigid sigmoidoscopy; Solitary rectal ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; BETEL NUT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON PERFORATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; INTESTINE ULCER; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PROGNOSIS; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONIC POLYPS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; PROCTITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 3142780499     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00403.x     Document Type: Review

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