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Is the rate of adenoma detection in colonoscopy influenced by the duration of colonoscope withdrawal?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 4, pages 428–429 (2007)Cite this article

boxed-textBarclay RL et al. (2006) Colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection during screening colonoscopy. N Engl J Med 355: 2533–2541

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Collins, P., Watson, A. Is the rate of adenoma detection in colonoscopy influenced by the duration of colonoscope withdrawal?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 4, 428–429 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0875

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