Effect of hysterectomy status on polyp detection rates at screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 848-853

  Adams, Clare ^a,b   Cardwell, Christopher ^a,b   Cook, Claire ^a,b   Edwards, Robert ^a,b   Atkin, Wendy S ^a,b   Morton, Dion G ^a,b  

^a University of Birmingham ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM ADENOMA; RISK; SCREENING; SIGMOID; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; COLON POLYP; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

COLONIC POLYPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0141721816     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(03)70019-4     Document Type: Article

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