Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 6 , Pages 2103-2106 , December 2005

Progress in Refining Virtual Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening

  • John H. Bond

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: John H. Bond, MD, Gastroenterology Section (111D), VA Medical Center, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota 554l7. fax: (612) 725-2248.

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PII: S0016-5085(05)02187-6

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.10.031

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 6 , Pages 2103-2106 , December 2005

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