Cost of Detecting Malignant Lesions by Endoscopy in 2741 Primary Care Dyspeptic Patients Without Alarm Symptoms

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 756-761

  Vakil, Nimish ^a   Talley, Nicholas ^b   van Zanten, Sander Veldhuyzen ^c   Flook, Nigel ^c   Persson, Tore ^d   Björck, Ewa ^d   Lind, Tore ^d   Bolling Sternevald, Elisabeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STOMACH ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DUODENAL ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; STOMACH ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649311416     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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