Comparison between the two systems to evaluate the appropriateness of endoscopy of the upper digestive tract

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2128-2135

  Bersani, Gianluca ^a   Rossi, Angelo ^a   Suzzi, Alessandra ^a   Ricci, Giorgio ^a   De Fabritiis, Giovanni ^a   Alvisi, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUODENITIS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8744310156     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40078.x     Document Type: Article

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