Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 72-75 , January 2005

A prospective study of factors that determine cecal intubation time at colonoscopy

Received 5 September 2003 ,Revised 12 January 2004 ,Accepted 7 October 2004.

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 See CME Section; p. 127.Grant support for this study was provided by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.Presented in abstract form at Digestive Diseases Week American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy meeting, May 18-21, 2003, Orlando, Florida (Gastroenterology 2003;124(4 Suppl 1).

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Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 72-75 , January 2005

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