Endoscopy: Insertion versus withdrawal phases for polyp detection

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 443-444

  Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP;

COLONIC POLYPS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS;

EID: 68449086855     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2009.119     Document Type: Article

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