Comparison of tests for fecal lactoferrin and fecal occult blood for colorectal diseases: A prospective pilot study

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 778-782

  Saitoh, Osamu ^a   Kojima, Keishi ^a   Kayazawa, Masanobu ^a   Sugi, Kazunori ^a   Tanaka, Seigou ^a   Nakagawa, Ken ^a   Teranishi, Tsutomu ^a   Matsuse, Ryoichi ^b   Uchida, Kazuo ^b   Morikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hirata, Ichiro ^a   Katsu, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Medical Science Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Feces; Hemoglobin; Inflammatory bowel disease; Internal hemorrhoids

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; OCCULT BLOOD; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HEMOGLOBINS; LACTOFERRIN; OCCULT BLOOD; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0034304567     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.778     Document Type: Article

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