CT colonography: Progress toward colorectal evaluation without catharsis

Gastroenterology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1623-1626

  McFarland, Elizabeth G ^a,c   Zalis, Michael E ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Div Abdom Imaging Intervention D   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL;

CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 7644236642     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2004.09.060     Document Type: Editorial

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