Gastroenterology
Volume 131, Issue 4 , Pages 1011-1019 , October 2006

Risk Stratification for Colon Neoplasia: Screening Strategies Using Colonoscopy and Computerized Tomographic Colonography

  • Otto S. Lin

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Section, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
    • Gastroenterology Division, ChangHua Christian Medical Center, ChangHua, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Otto Lin, MD, C3-Gas, Gastroenterology Section, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. fax: (206) 223-6379.
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  • Richard A. Kozarek

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Section, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
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  • Drew B. Schembre

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Section, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
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  • Kamran Ayub

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Section, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Michael Gluck

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Section, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
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  • Nico Cantone

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Section, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
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  • Maw–Soan Soon

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Division, ChangHua Christian Medical Center, ChangHua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jason A. Dominitz

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Division, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Received 16 August 2005 ,Accepted 21 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.08.015

Gastroenterology
Volume 131, Issue 4 , Pages 1011-1019 , October 2006

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