Adenoma and early stage adenocarcinoma of the appendix: Diagnosis by colonoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 731-733

  Shami, Vanessa M ^a   Yerian, Lisa M ^a   Waxman, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX ADENOCARCINOMA; APPENDIX ADENOMA; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA, VILLOUS; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY;

EID: 2342603516     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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