Prevalence of advanced colonic polyps in asymptomatic Chinese

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 4731-4734

  Liu, Hui Hsiung ^a   Wu, Meng Chen ^b   Peng, Yeh ^b   Wu, Ming Shiang ^c,d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Institute of Pathology   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colon polyp; Colonoscopy; Epidemiology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CHINESE; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SIGMOID; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 23844448876     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i30.4731     Document Type: Article

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