Screening for colorectal cancer with fecal occult blood testing.
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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 Hospital Iaşi 3. Department of Anatomy and Embriology, „Gr.T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi 4 Department of Pathology, „St. Mary” Emergency Clinical Hospital Iaşi 5 Institute of Gastroenterology Iaşi
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Frontiers of gastrointestinal research
دوره 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979