Diagnostic value of distal colonic polyps for prediction of advanced proximal neoplasia in an average-risk population undergoing screening colonoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 634-641

  Ibáñez, Maite Betés ^a,b   Muñoz Navas, Miguel A ^a   Duque, José M ^a   Angós, Ramón ^a   Macías, Elena ^a   Súbtll, José Carlos ^a   Herraiz, Maite ^a   De La Riva, Susana ^a   Delgado Rodríguez, Miguel ^a   Martínez González, Miguel A ^a  

^a Clinica Universitaria de Navarra ^*

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2342612194     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)00155-5     Document Type: Article

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