Rectal bleeding in children: Endoscopic evaluation revisited

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-320

  De Ridder, Lissy ^a   Van Lingen, Anna V ^b   Taminiau, Jan A J M ^b   Benninga, Marc A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Endoscopy; Epidemiology; Gastrointestinal; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE POLYP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DUODENOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947169506     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328080caa6     Document Type: Review

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