Colonoscopy after CT diagnosis of diverticulitis to exclude colon cancer: A systematic literature review

Radiology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 383-390

  Sai, Victor F ^a   Velayos, Fernando ^a   Neuhaus, John ^a   Westphalen, Antonio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862501685     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12111869     Document Type: Article

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