Gender-related differences in upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings: An assessment of 4,700 cases from Iran

Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 83-90

  Boghratian, Amir Hossein ^a   Hashemi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Kabir, Ali ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age factor; Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Gender; Sign; Statistical model; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH TUMOR; STOMACH ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549113076     PISSN: 19416628     EISSN: 19416636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-009-9087-6     Document Type: Article

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