Increasing prevalence of advanced colonic polyps in young patients undergoing colonoscopy in a referral academic hospital in Hong Kong

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 28, 2007, Pages 3873-3877

  Lam, Tze Jui ^a   Wong, Benjamin C Y ^b   Mulder, Chris J J ^a   Peña, A Salvador ^a   Hui, Wai Mo ^b   Lam, Shiu Kum ^b   Chan, Annie On On ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Colonic polyps; Colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHINESE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 34547969574     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i28.3873     Document Type: Article

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