Are split bowel preparation regimens practical for morning colonoscopies implications of the new american college of gastroenterology colon cancer screening guidelines for real-world clinical practice

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2627-2628

  Lin, Otto S ^a   Schembre, Drew B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

LAXATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; CATHARTICS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70350492931     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.415     Document Type: Letter

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