Extracolonic findings at computed tomography colonography are a challenge

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1744-1747

  Ginnerup Pedersen, B ^a   Rosenkilde, M ^a   Christiansen, T E M ^a   Laurberg, S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COLON ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING;

ADENOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0345096470     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.12.1744     Document Type: Review

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