Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 7-14 , July 2009

Computed Tomographic Colonography: Current Perspectives and Future Directions

  • Don C. Rockey

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Don C. Rockey, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas Texas 75390-8887

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.05.036

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Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 7-14 , July 2009

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