A comparison of the immunochemical fecal occult blood test and total colonoscopy in the asymptomatic population

Gastroenterology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 422-428

  Morikawa, Tamiya ^a   Kato, Jun ^a   Yamaji, Yutaka ^b   Wada, Ryoichi ^c   Mitsushima, Toru ^c   Shiratori, Yasushi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Kameda General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 23244443139     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gastro.2005.05.056     Document Type: Article

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