Flat adenomas of the large bowel: A single endoscopist study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 972-977

  Gorgun, Emre ^a   Church, James ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flat colorectal adenomas

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM ADENOMA; RECTUM POLYP; UNITED STATES; ADENOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COLON TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

ADENOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67651165223     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181a0aab4     Document Type: Article

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