Colonoscopy in Hong Kong Chinese children

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1119-1122

  Tam, Yuk Him ^a   Lee, Kim Hung ^a   Chan, Kin Wai ^a   Sihoe, Jennifer Dart Yin ^a   Cheung, Sing Tak ^a   Mou, Jennifer Wai Cheung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children; Colonic polyps; Colonoscopy; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHILD; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; INTUBATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

EID: 77949477961     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i9.1119     Document Type: Article

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