Changing indications for upper endoscopy in children during a 20-year period

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-447

  Franciosi, James P ^a   Fiorino, Kristin ^a   Ruchelli, Eduardo ^d   Shults, Justine ^e   Spergel, Jonathan ^b   Liacouras, Chris A ^a   Leonard, Mary ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Immunology   (United States)

^c Division of Nephrology and Hypertension   (United States)

^d Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Epidemiology; Indications; Pediatric practice

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOPSY; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78449237298     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181d67bee     Document Type: Article

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