Incidental findings of thickening luminal gastrointestinal organs on computed tomography: An absolute indication for endoscopy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1734-1737

  Cai, Qiang ^a   Baumgarten, Deborah A ^a   Affronti, John P ^a   Waring, J Patrick ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SIGMOID; THICKNESS;

EID: 0041653317     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07604.x     Document Type: Article

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