Capsule endoscopy versus colonoscopy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1608-1610

  Hassan, Cesare ^a   Angelo, Zullo ^a  

^a NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADENOMA; COLONIC POLYPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 85058720776     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc091670     Document Type: Letter

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