Correlation of polypoid lesions in the distal colorectum and proximal colon in asymptomatic screening subjects

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 351-354

  Nusko, Gerhard ^a   Altendorf Hofmann, Annelore ^a   Hermanek, Paul ^a   Ell, Christian ^a   Hahn, Eckhart Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Colorectal adenoma; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0030010616     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199604000-00012     Document Type: Article

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