Diminutive polyps of large bowel should be an early target for endoscopic treatment

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-140

  Kapsoritakis, A N ^a,b   Potamianos, S P ^a   Koukourakis, M I ^b   Tzardi, M ^a   Mouzas, I A ^a   Roussomoustakaki, M ^a   Alexandrakis, G ^a   Kouroumalis, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Tumour and Angiogenesis Res Group   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyps; Diminutive colorectal polyps; Endoscopic treatment; Hyperplastic polyps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PREVALENCE; RECTUM POLYP; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036192096     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(02)80244-4     Document Type: Article

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