Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 7 , Pages 2068-2073 , June 2009

Next-Generation Stool DNA Testing: Expanding the Scope

  • David A. Ahlquist

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: David A. Ahlquist, MD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905. fax: (507) 266-0350

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 Conflict of interest Dr Alquist has, or has filed patents related to stool DNA testing and the detection of gastrointestinal neoplasms.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00570-8

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.04.025

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 7 , Pages 2068-2073 , June 2009