Six-year prospective analysis of the rectal bleeding clinic at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 553-556

  Lee, Jen S J ^a   Rieger, Nicholas A ^a   Stephens, Jacqueline H ^a   Hewett, Peter J ^a   Rodda, David J ^a   Lawrence, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal neoplasm; Haemorrhoid; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RECTUM; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34347386934     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04150.x     Document Type: Article

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