Higher prevalence of proximal colon polyps and villous histology in African-Americans undergoing colonoscopy at a single equal access center

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 638-643

  Jackson, Christian S ^a   Vega, Kenneth J ^b  

^a Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Location; Neoplasia; Polyps; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84995770374     PISSN: 20786891     EISSN: 2219679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2015.096     Document Type: Article

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