170° Wide-angle colonoscope: Effect on efficiency and miss rates

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2138-2142

  Deenadayalu, Viju P ^a   Chadalawada, Vidyasree ^a   Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADENOMA; COLON TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADENOMA; ADULT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 16544393069     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40430.x     Document Type: Article

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