Utility of flexible sigmoidoscopy as an adjunct to double-contrast barium enema examination

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 138-140

  Cheong, Y ^a   Farrow, R ^a   Frank, C S ^a,b   Stevenson, G W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Double contrast barium enema; Flexible sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENEMA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0031897244     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900306     Document Type: Article

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