Extracolonic findings at CT colonography: Evaluation of prevalence and cost in a screening population

Gastroenterology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 911-916

  Gluecker, Thomas M ^a   Johnson, C Daniel ^a   Wilson, Lynn A ^a   MacCarty, Robert L ^a   Welch, Timothy J ^a   Vanness, David J ^a   Ahlquist, David A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 0037380911     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2003.50158     Document Type: Article

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