Patients with functional constipation do not have increased prevalence of colorectal cancer precursors [17]

Gut

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 451-452

  Chan, Annie On On ^a   Wai, Mo Hui ^a   Leung, Gigi ^a   Tong, Teresa ^a   Hung, Ivan F N ^a   Chan, Pierre ^a   Hsu, Axel ^a   But, David ^a   Wong, Benjamin C Y ^a   Shiu, Kum Lam ^a   Kwok, Fai Lam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34047102814     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.115394     Document Type: Letter

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