Is computed tomographic colonography being held to a higher standard?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-181

  Garg, Samita ^a   Ahnen, Dennis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS;

EID: 75749136129     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1059/0003-4819-152-3-201002020-00009     Document Type: Review

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