A multinational, internet-based assessment of observer variability in the diagnosis of serrated colorectal polyps

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 938-945

  Glatz, Katharina ^a   Pritt, Bobbi ^b   Glatz, Dieter ^a   Hartmann, Arndt ^c   O'Brien, Michael J ^d   Blaszyk, Hagen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Internet; Observer variability; Serrated polyps

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNET; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; STANDARDIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 34250615901     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/NXDB6FMTE9X5CD6Y     Document Type: Article

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