Performance characteristics and comparison of two fecal occult blood tests in patients undergoing colonoscopy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1009-1013

  Cruz Correa, Marcia ^a,b   Schultz, Kathleen ^a   Jagannath, Sanjay ^a   Harris, Mary ^a   Kantsevoy, Sergey ^a   Bedine, Marshall ^a   Kalloo, Anthony N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diagnostic accuracy; Fecal occult blood testing; Screening

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947593115     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9383-y     Document Type: Article

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