Bowel Preparation for Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Which Method Yields the Best Results?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 272-274

  Manoucheri, Manoucher ^a   Nakamura, David Y ^b   Lukman, Roy L ^b  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Colon; Enema; Intestinal mucosa; Sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; LAXATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; TIME;

CATHARTICS; COLON; EATING; ENEMA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033113102     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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