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Lee: Screening Test for Colorectal Cancer: Colonoscopy and Fecal Immunochemical Test
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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2012; 59(5): 389-391.

Published online: 21 May 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2012.59.5.389

Screening Test for Colorectal Cancer: Colonoscopy and Fecal Immunochemical Test

Jong Hoon Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

Correspondence to: Jong Hoon Lee, Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University Medical Center, 3-1, Dongdaesin-dong, Seo-gu, Busan 602-715, Korea. Tel: +82-51-240-2893, Fax: +82-51-242-5852, jh2002@dau.ac.kr

Copyright © 2012 The Korean Society of Gastroenterology

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