The variable stiffness colonoscope: A scope for all seasons?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2942-2943

  Baron, Todd H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DILATATION; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULOSIS; DUODENUM INTUBATION; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036894952     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)05508-9     Document Type: Editorial

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