Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy based on symptoms

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-362

  Lasson, Anders ^a   Kilander, Anders ^b   Stotzer, Per Ove ^b  

^a BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Diagnosis; Diarrhoea; Gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLONOSCOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 39049156289     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701679116     Document Type: Article

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