Screening colonoscopy among first degree relatives of patients with colorectal carcinoma;Estudio endoscópico en familiares de primer grado de pacientes operados por cáncer colorrectal

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 997-1001

  López Köstner, Francisco ^a   Fullerton, Demian A ^a   Kronberg, Udo ^a   Soto D, Gonzalo ^a   Zúñiga D, Álvaro ^a   Argandoña, Johanna ^a   Miranda B, Vanesa ^a   Pinto T, Eliana ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasms; Colonoscopy; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33751284750     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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