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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Mar 16, 2010; 2(3): 81-89
Published online Mar 16, 2010. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v2.i3.81
Published online Mar 16, 2010. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v2.i3.81
Sedation-risk-free colonoscopy for minimizing the burden of colorectal cancer screening
Felix W Leung, Research and Medical Services, Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, North Hills, CA 91343, United States
Felix W Leung, Melvin Schapiro, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
Abdulrahman M Aljebreen, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia
Emilio Brocchi, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Bologna 40136, Italy
Eugene B Chang, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
Wei-Chih Liao, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taibei, Taiwan, China
Takeshi Mizukami, Endoscopy Center, Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, Yokohama 240-8555, Japan
Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Hepatogastroenterology Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine - Propaedeutic, Attikon University General Hospital, Medical School, Athens University, Athens 11527, Greece
Author contributions: Leung FW reviewed pertinent literature, compiled the first and final draft of manuscript; Aljebreen AM, Brocchi E, Chang EB, Liao WC, Mizukami T, Schapiro M, Triantafyllou K provided critique of manuscript and commentary.
Correspondence to: Felix W Leung, MD, FACG, Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Division of Gastroenterology (111G) Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, VAGLAHS, 16111 Plummer Street, Sepulveda, CA 91343, United States. felix.leung@va.gov
Telephone: +1-818-8959403 Fax: +1-818-8959516
Received: August 17, 2009
Revised: January 30, 2010
Accepted: February 6, 2010
Published online: March 16, 2010
Revised: January 30, 2010
Accepted: February 6, 2010
Published online: March 16, 2010
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