Colonoscopy with a transparent hood: Simple technique for improved quality of colonoscopy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 527-

  Matsushita, Mitsunobu ^a   Yamagata, Hideo ^a   Wakamatsu, Takahiro ^a   Danbara, Naoyuki ^a   Kawamata, Seiji ^a   Omiya, Mika ^a   Okazaki, Kazuichi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; CECUM; COLON DILATATION; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNIQUE;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 59749093490     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2008.49     Document Type: Letter

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