Investigating rectal bleeding

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7632, 2007, Pages 1260-1262

  Burling, David ^a   East, James E ^b   Taylor, Stuart A ^c  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Mark's Hospital

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM POLYP; RECTUM TUMOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 37749036479     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39379.598090.AD     Document Type: Article

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