Risk of peptic ulcer, oesophagitis, pancreatitis or gallstone in patients with unexplained chest%epigastric pain and normal upper endoscopy: A 10-year Danish cohort study

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1203-1210

  Munk, E M ^a   Drewes, A M ^b   Gorst Rasmussen, A ^b   Gregersen, H ^b   Funch Jensen, P ^a   Norgard B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 34247474474     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03315.x     Document Type: Article

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