Endoscopy or radiology in nonagenarians?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-344

  Morini, Sergio ^a   Zullo, Angelo ^a   Hassan, Cesare ^a  

^a NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; NONAGENARIAN; POLYPECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENESCENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS;

EID: 34147116862     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000247997.19710.bb     Document Type: Editorial

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