Risk of colorectal neoplasm in patients with acromegaly: A meta-analysis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3484-3489

  Rokkas, Theodoros ^a   Pistiolas, Dimitrios ^a   Sechopoulos, Panos ^a   Margantinis, Georgios ^a   Koukoulis, Georgios ^a  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Colon cancer; Colon neoplasia; Colon polyps; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 49249115728     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.3484     Document Type: Article

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