Melanosis coli: Harmless pigmentation? A case-control retrospective study of 657 cases.

The association of melanosis coli with the development of colorectal polyps remains uncertain.From a total of 18263 patients who had received colonoscopy in our hospital, 219 with melanosis coli cases and 438 controls matched by age and sex (at 1:2 ratio) were included in this study. The association...

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Main Authors: Zhong Hui Liu, Dominic Chi Chung Foo, Wai Lun Law, Fion Siu Yin Chan, Joe King Man Fan, Jun Sheng Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5663380?pdf=render