Evaluating the Accuracy of Hemorrhoids: Comparison among Specialties and Symptoms

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 867-

  Idrees, Jay J ^a   Clapp, McKenzie ^a   Brady, Justin T ^a   Stein, Sharon L ^a   Reynolds, Harry L ^a   Steinhagen, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhoids; Misdiagnosis; Referral

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANUS CARCINOMA; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FIBROMA; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIST; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ANAL CANAL; COMPLICATION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGY; HYPERTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE;

ANAL CANAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FISSURE IN ANO; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; PAIN; PRURITUS; RECTAL DISEASES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 85064080505     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001315     Document Type: Article

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