CT Colonography of Colorectal Polyps: A Metaanalysis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1593-1598

  Sosna, Jacob ^a   Morrin, Martina M ^a   Kruskal, Jonathan B ^a   Lavin, Philip T ^b   Rosen, Max P ^a   Raptopoulos, Vassilios ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Boston Biostatistics Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP;

EID: 0344844512     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.6.1811593     Document Type: Article

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