Variation in pathologist classification of colorectal adenomas and serrated polyps

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 431-439

  Gourevitch, Rebecca A ^a   Rose, Sherri ^a   Crockett, Seth D ^b   Morris, Michele ^c   Carrell, David S ^d   Greer, Julia B ^e   Pai, Reetesh K ^f   Schoen, Robert E ^e   Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,g  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL VARIATION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL POLYP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 85051251706     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2017.496     Document Type: Article

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