Flat colon polyps: What should radiologists know?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 958-966

  Ignjatovic, A ^a   Burling, D ^a   Ilangovan, R ^a   Clark, S K ^a   Taylor, S A ^a   East, J E ^a   Saunders, B P ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON POLYP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLAT COLON POLYP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 78249262603     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.05.008     Document Type: Review

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