Heads or tails in a positive faecal occult blood test

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9139, 1998, Pages 1490-

  Itzkowitz, S H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032494773     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60324-8     Document Type: Note

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