The difficult colonoscopy

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 487-490

  Witte, Todd N ^a,b   Enns, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34948850437     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/520431     Document Type: Article

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