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American College of Gastroenterology offers information for physicians and patients on a variety of gastrointestinal topics and a GI physician locator by state.

American Gastroenterological Association is a resource on digestive health for the consumer and physician.

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is an online resource for gastrointestinal endoscopists.

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons provides patient information, a directory of colon and rectal surgeons and a list of "Inherited Colorectal Cancer Registries".

Canadian Association of Gastroenterolgy contains gastroenterolgy information, a weekly endoscopy quiz hosted by Dr. Jon and slide kits available online to download.

The Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Canadian Association of Gastroenterology) provides a selection of full text of articles from the current issue and abstracts and tables of contents for back issues.

Gastroenterology Resources (Columbia University) provides a list of gastroenterology organizations and information sources.

Gastrroenterology (American Gastroenterological Association) offers subscription access to the journal. Free access is provided to abstracts of the current online issue as is free e-mail notification of each new issue. To see the full article, a subscription must be purchased.

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy publishes original articles on endoscopic procedures used in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of digestive diseases. Articles report on outcomes research, prospective studies, and controlled trials of new endoscopic instruments and treatment methods. The full text of the current month's journal articles and abstracts are provided with links to other articles by the author.

Family Practice Handbook University of Iowa. 3rd edition. Chapter 4 on Gastroenterology by Peter P. Toth, M.D., Ph.D. The textbook chapter on GI topics from the Virtual Hospital site of the University of Iowadiscusses all aspects of gastroenterology including gastrointestinal bleeding, Crohn's disease (regional enteritis, granulomatous colitis) and ulcerative colitis.

Gastrointestinal Disorders News from Doctors Guide Medical and pharmaceutical industry news, product announcements and research developments from conferences, journals, and newswires are provided.

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) represents more than 3000 board certified surgeons who use endoscopy and laparoscopy as an integral part of their treatment of patients.

World Organization For Digestive Endoscopy is composed of the National Digestive Endoscopy Societies (or of the Endoscopy Sections of the Gastroenterology Societies) of the three Zones: European (ESGE), Pan-American (SIED) and Asian-Pacific (APSDE). A section called "The Clinical Case" is designed to stimulate the participation of endoscopists throughout the world by using the Web site for the presentation of interesting or unusual cases. Another section of the Web site offers "Product news from the Industries".




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