An advanced chromocolonoscopic picture is worth a thousand words, but is it worth the effort

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1308-1310

  Mönkemüller, Klaus ^a,b   Zimmermann, Lars ^a,b  

^a Marien Hospital Bottrop gGmbH   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHROMOCOLONOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS;

EID: 77952413775     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.44     Document Type: Review

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