Good colon preparation guarantees a higher diagnostic yield of colonoscopy-timing is most crucial [5]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 908-

  Parra Blanco, Adolfo ^a   Quintero, Enrique ^a   Jiménez, Alejandro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

CHROMOENDOSCOPY; COLON; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VEGETABLE;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947694379     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01090_5.x     Document Type: Letter

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