Colonic polyps: The harm of overdiagnosis

Practical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 25-38

  Allison, James ^a   Meijer, Gerrit A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University medical center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DYSPLASIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 84871501862     PISSN: 02774208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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