The role of endoscopy in the management of patients with diarrhea

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 887-892

  Shen, Bo ^a   Khan, Khalid ^a   Ikenberry, Steven O ^a   Anderson, Michelle A ^a   Banerjee, Subhas ^a   Baron, Todd ^a   Ben Menachem, Tamir ^a   Cash, Brooks D ^a   Fanelli, Robert D ^a   Fisher, Laurel ^a   Fukami, Norio ^a   Gan, Seng Ian ^a   Harrison, M Edwyn ^a   Jagannath, Sanjay ^a   Lee Krinsky, Mary ^a   Levy, Michael ^a   Maple, John T ^a   Lichtenstein, David ^a   Stewart, Leslie ^a   Strohmeyer, Laura ^a   Dominitz, Jason A ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSH ENTEROSCOPY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VIDEOENDOSCOPY;

DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST;

EID: 77951624453     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.11.025     Document Type: Article

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