Endoscopic identification and quantification of aberrant crypt foci in the human colon

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 657-662

  Adler, Douglas G ^b   Gostout, Christopher J ^a   Sorbi, Darius ^b   Burgart, Lawrence J ^b   Wang, Linan ^b   Harmsen, W Scott ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CANCER; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE CRYPT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM MUCOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036834672     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(02)70113-2     Document Type: Article

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