Gastroenterology
Volume 127, Issue 5 , Pages 1623-1626 , November 2004

CT colonography: Progress toward colorectal evaluation without catharsis

  • Elizabeth G. McFarland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology St. Luke’s Hospital Chesterfield, Missouri and Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Elizabeth G. McFarland, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, Campus Box 8131, St. Louis, Missouri 63130. fax: (314) 362-2976.
    • ,
  • Michael E. Zalis

      Affiliations

    • Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention Department of Radiology Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts

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PII: S0016-5085(04)01729-9

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2004.09.060

Gastroenterology
Volume 127, Issue 5 , Pages 1623-1626 , November 2004

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