Appropriateness of colonoscopy in Europe (EPAGE II): Iron-deficiency anemia and hematochezia

Endoscopy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-233

  Peytremann Bridevaux, I ^a   Arditi, C ^a   Froehlich, F ^b,c   O'Malley, J ^d   Fairclough, P ^e   Le Moine, O ^f   Dubois, R W ^g   Gonvers, J J ^b   Schussele Filliettaz S ^a   Vader, J P ^a   Juillerat, P ^b   Pittet, V ^a   Burnand, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Hôpital Erasme ULB ^*

^e BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f Cerner LifeSciences   (United States)

^g CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIVERTICULOSIS; EUROPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTESTINE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COLONOSCOPY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67649390075     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1119644     Document Type: Article

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