Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Volume 142, Issue 3, March 2012, Pages 422-424
Gastroenterology

Editorial
Comparing Fecal Immunochemical Tests: Improved Standardization Is Needed

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Conflicts of interest The authors disclose the following:

Callum G. Fraser acts as a consultant for Immunostics Inc, Ocean, NJ, USA, and received travel and accommodation for DDW in Chicago, 2011. Alpha Labs Ltd, Eastleigh, Hants, UK, paid travel and accommodation for the WEO CRCSC meeting in Stockholm, 2011.

The remaining authors disclose no conflicts.

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