The yield of colonoscopy in average-risk patients with non-specific colonic symptoms

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1073-1077

  Ang, Yeng S ^a   Macaleenan, Niall ^a   Mahmud, Nasir ^a   Keeling, Paul W N ^a   Kelleher, Dermot P ^a   Weir, Donald G ^a  

^a ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Average risk patients; Colonic carcinoma; Colonoscopy 'open access' colonoscopy; Flexible sigmoidoscopy; Non specific colonic symptoms; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON DISEASE; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036795008     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200210000-00007     Document Type: Article

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