Rectal Bleeding and Diminutive Colon Polyps

Gastroenterology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1167-1174

  Lieberman, David ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ANOSCOPY; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 1842531129     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2004.02.030     Document Type: Article

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