Endotics system vs colonoscopy for the detection of polyps

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 5452-5456

  Tumino, Emanuele ^a   Sacco, Rodolfo ^a,b   Bertini, Marco ^a   Bertoni, Michele ^a   Parisi, Giuseppe ^a   Capria, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Diagnosis; Endotics system; Polyps; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTICS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 78649702903     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i43.5452     Document Type: Article

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