Appropriateness of indications for diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in India

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 970-976

  Sumathi, B ^a   Navaneethan, Udayakumar ^b   Jayanthi, V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Endoscopy; Malignancy; Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849147429     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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