The usefulness of transabdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1267-1272

  Yamaguchi, T ^a   Manabe, N ^b   Hata, J ^c   Tanaka, S ^b   Haruma, K ^c   Chayama, K ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REVIEW; SCREENING; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULUM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ILEUM; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646863028     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02883.x     Document Type: Review

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