Prospective determination of distal colon findings in average-risk patients with proximal colon cancer

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 727-730

  Rex, D K ^a   Chak, A ^a   Vasudeva, R ^a   Gross, T ^a   Lieberman, D ^a   Bhattacharya, I ^a   Sack, E ^a   Wiersema, M ^a   Farraye, F ^a   Wallace, M ^a   Barrido, D ^a   Cravens, E ^a   Zeabart, L ^a   Bjorkman, D ^a   Lemmel, T ^a   Buckley, S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0032998191     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(99)70290-7     Document Type: Article

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