The ASGE guidelines for the appropriate use of colonoscopy in an open access system

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-44

  Minoli, Giorgio ^a,b,c   Meucci, Gianmichele ^a,b,c   Bortoli, Aurora ^a,b,c   Garripoli, Antonietta ^a,b,c   Gullotta, Renzo ^a,b,c   Leo, Pietro ^a,b,c   Pera, Angelo ^a,b,c   Prada, Alberto ^a,b,c   Rocca, Francesco ^a,b,c   Zambelli, Alessandro ^a,b,c  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033914336     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2000.106683     Document Type: Article

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