Small caliber overtube-assisted colonoscopy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 44, 2007, Pages 5933-5937

  Friedland, Shai ^a,b   Soetikno, Roy M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon Cancer; Colon cancer screening; Colonoscopy; Endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; OVERTUBE ASSISTED COLONOSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36348951546     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i44.5933     Document Type: Article

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