A large juvenile polyp in a 1-year-old child safely removed by colonoscopic polypectomy with a detachable snare

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 118-120

  Matsushita, Mitsunobu ^a   Hajiro, Kiyoshi ^a   Okazaki, Kazuichi ^a   Takakuwa, Hiroshi ^a   Nishio, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033914876     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2000.105078     Document Type: Article

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