Digital rectal examination sampling of stool is less predictive of significant colorectal pathology than stool passed spontaneously

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1235-1238

  Nakama, H ^a   Fattah, A S M A ^a   Zhang, B ^a   Kamijo, N ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal adenomatous polyp; Colorectal cancer; Digital rectal examination; Faecal occult blood

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 0033712636     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200012110-00011     Document Type: Article

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