Outcome of colonoscopy in elderly African-american patients

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2484-2487

  Smoot, Duane T ^a   Collins, Jason ^a   Dunlap, Sharif ^a   Ali Ibrahim, Amira ^a   Nouraie, Mehdi ^a   Lee, Edward L ^a   Ashktorab, Hassan ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Colonoscopy; Elderly

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULOSIS; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADENOMA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350228790     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0965-3     Document Type: Article

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