Repeat colonoscopy has a low yield even in symptomatic patients

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 941-947

  Seow, Cynthia H ^a   Ee, Hooi C ^a   Willson, Alex B ^a   Yusoff, Ian F ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33751423312     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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