Neoplasia distal to the splenic flexure in patients with proximal colon cancer

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-111

  Lemmel, G T ^a   Haseman, J H ^a   Rex, D K ^a   Rahmani, E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0029760084     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(96)70125-6     Document Type: Article

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