Performance of computed tomographic colonography for the screening of colorectal polyp in acromegalic patients: A prospective study

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-96

  Ramos Jr , Odery ^a,f   Boguszewski, César Luiz ^b   Teixeira, Sandra ^c   De Bem, Ricardo ^a   Parolim, Benito ^d   Prolla, João Carlos ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FM UFPR

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Paraguay)

^d Center of Computed Tomography   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Colonic neoplasms; Colonic polyps; Colonography, computed tomographic; Colonoscopy; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650462908     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-28032009000200003     Document Type: Article

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