Regular ArticleDouble Contrast Barium Enema Sensitivity: A Comparison of Studies by Radiographers and Radiologists
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Author for correspondence and guarantor of study: Dr. A. H. Chapman, Department of Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, U.K. Fax: 0113 2836951; E-mail: AnthonyH [email protected]