Immunological fecal occult blood testing for screening of colorectal cancer.
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Screening for colorectal cancer with fecal occult blood testing.
153 SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER WITH FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TESTING AND COLONOSCOPY: CORRELATION OF CLINICAL DATA, SITE, SIZE AND DISEASE’S STAGE Iuliana Taraşi, Gabriela Florenţa Dumitrescu, Anca Indrei, P. Plămădeală, Anca Trifan, C. Stanciu, 1 Departament of Gastroenterology, „St. Spiridon” Emergency Clinical Hospital Iaşi 2 Department of Pathology, „Prof. Dr. N. Oblu” Emergency Clinical Hos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nippon Daicho Komonbyo Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1882-9619,0047-1801
DOI: 10.3862/jcoloproctology.41.812