Prevalence and characteristics of incidental colorectal polyps in patients undergoing colonoscopy at a South African tertiary institution.
CONCLUSIONS: This study provides a benchmark ADR for our catchment population and potentially across Africa. There is evidence of a continuing differential colorectal neoplasia risk according to ethnicity, with fewer adenomas being detected in black South Africans.
PMID: 33403964 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
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