Outcome of index upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients presenting with dysphagia in a tertiary care hospital-A 10 years review

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Qureshi, Nafees A ^a   Hallissey, Michael T ^a   Fielding, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DYSPHAGIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENDER; HEARTBURN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38349165630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-7-43     Document Type: Article

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