Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 554-559 , May 1999

Patients willing to try colonoscopy without sedation: associated clinical factors and results of a randomized controlled trial

Received 13 May 1998 ,Revised 14 August 1998 ,Accepted 15 October 1998.

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