Lower specificity of occult-blood test on stool collected by digital rectal examination

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 43, 2002, Pages 165-167

  Zhang, Bing ^a   Nakama, Hidenori ^a   Fattah, Abdul ^a   Kamijo, Noboru ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diagnostic accuracy; Digital rectal examination; Immunochemical fecal occult blood test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SCREENING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FECES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0036218842     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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