Multicentre study of surgical complications of colonoscopy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-44

  Garbay, J R ^a   Suc, B ^a   Rotman, N ^a   Fourtanier, G ^a   Escat, J ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030043167     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830112     Document Type: Article

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