Flat lesions of the colorectal mucosa: Differences in recognition between Japanese and American endoscopists

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1462-1466

  Church, James M ^a,c   Muto, Tetsuchiro ^b   Appau, Kweku ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Department of Colorectal Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal neoplasms; Polyps

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLON MUCOSA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECTUM MUCOSA; RECTUM POLYP; TUMOR VOLUME; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JAPAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644293419     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0608-x     Document Type: Article

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