Constipation is not associated with an increased rate of findings on colonoscopy: Results from a national endoscopy consortium

Endoscopy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-212

  Gupta, M ^a   Holub, J ^b   Knigge, K ^b   Eisen, G ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77749328936     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243843     Document Type: Article

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