Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 165-177 , July 2008

Imaging Evaluation of Complications at Optical Colonoscopy

  • David H. Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David H. Kim, MD, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, E3/311 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI 53792-3252.
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  • Perry J. Pickhardt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
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  • Andrew J. Taylor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
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  • Christine O. Menias, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2007.10.004

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 165-177 , July 2008

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