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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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