Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: Data from the Singapore Polyposis Registry and a shifting paradigm in management

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-21

  Tan, Veronique K M ^a   Koh, Poh Koon ^a   Loi, Carol T T ^a   Eu, Kong Weng ^a   Tang, Choong Leong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Harmatoma; Intussusception; Polyps; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLIC; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROSCOPY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELENA; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; SURGEON;

EID: 75749096033     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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