Can we fix colonoscopy? . Yes!

Gastroenterology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-21

  Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78650440447     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.11.025     Document Type: Editorial

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