Colonoscopic evaluation of middle aged patients with altered bowel habits

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 481-484

  Bhatti, Muhammad Afzal ^c,d   Kashif, Muhammad Ali ^a   Imran, Muhammad ^b  

^a Lahore Medical Imaging   (Pakistan)

^b SERVICES HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c FATIMA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Altered bowel habit; Colonoscopy; Colorectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BIOPSY; CECUM CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DESCENDING COLON; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM CANCER; SIGMOID; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ADULT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4544267590     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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