Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 422-428 , August 2005

A Comparison of the Immunochemical Fecal Occult Blood Test and Total Colonoscopy in the Asymptomatic Population

  • Tamiya Morikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Medical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
    • ,
  • Jun Kato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Medical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Jun Kato, MD, Department of Medicine and Medical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan. fax: (81) 86-225-5991.
    • ,
  • Yutaka Yamaji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Ryoichi Wada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Kameda General Hospital, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Toru Mitsushima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Kameda General Hospital, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasushi Shiratori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Medical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan

Received 11 June 2004 ,Accepted 11 May 2005.

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PII: S0016-5085(05)01081-4

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.05.056

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 422-428 , August 2005

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