Adenomatous colorectal polyps in patients referred for colonoscopy in a regional hospital in Kuwait

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 188-193

  Al Enezi, Saleh A ^a   Alsurayei, Saqer A ^a   Ismail, Ali E ^a,b   Aly, Nasser Yehia A ^a,c   Ismail, Waleed A ^a,b   Abou Bakr, Amany ^a,d  

^a FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; colorectal polyps; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM ADENOMA; RECTUM POLYP; ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954828805     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.65194     Document Type: Article

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