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The Case for Universal Screening Colonoscopy

James Smith
Ochsner Journal June 2002, 4 (3) 139-145;
James Smith
Section on Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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    Findings from computed tomography (CT) virtual colonoscopy images (A, C) compared with corresponding colonoscopic photographs (B, D). Adapted with permission from the Radiological Society of North America (24), (Radiology 2001; 219:685-692)

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