Cold Snare Excision is a Safe Method for Diminutive Colorectal Polyps

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-249

  Uno, Yoshiharu ^a   Obara, Katutoshi ^b   Zheng, Ping ^c   Miura, Shin ^a   Odagiri, Ayako ^a   Sakamoto, Juichi ^a   Munakata, Akihiro ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Bleeding time; Cold snare excision; Colorectal polyp

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM DISEASE; SURGERY;

AGING; BLEEDING TIME; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0031300114     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.183.243     Document Type: Article

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