The proximal colon: The new watershed region for colonoscopists [1]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2663-

  Anderson, Joseph C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCENDING COLON; BODY MASS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID;

COLON; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33750523452     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00809_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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