Predicting advanced proximal colonic neoplasia with screening sigmoidoscopy

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1611-1617

  Levin, Theodore R ^a,c   Palitz, Albert ^b   Grossman, Seymour ^a   Conell, Carol ^a   Finkler, Laura ^a   Ackerson, Lynn ^a   Rumore, Greg ^b   Selby, Joe V ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE VILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0033526317     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.17.1611     Document Type: Article

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