Detection of proximal adenomatous polyps with screening sigmoidoscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of screening colonoscopy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-420

  Lewis, James D ^a,b   Ng, Kimmie ^a   Hung, Kenneth E ^a   Bilker, Warren B ^a   Berlin, Jesse A ^a   Brensinger, Colleen ^a   Rustgi, Anil K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0037463630     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.4.413     Document Type: Review

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