How useful is colonoscopy in locating colorectal lesions?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 839-841

  Lam, D T Y ^a   Kwong, K H ^a   Lam, C W ^b   Leong, H T ^b   Kwok, S P Y ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal disease; Diagnostic accuracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032093384     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900725     Document Type: Article

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