Efficacy of total colonoscopy with a transparent cap in comparison with colonoscopy without the cap

Endoscopy

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 444-447

  Matsushita, M ^a   Hajiro, K ^a   Okazaki, K ^a   Takakuwa, H ^a   Tominaga, M ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNICAL AID; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0031878931     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1001305     Document Type: Article

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