Intestinal strictures can impede wireless capsule enteroscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 418-420

  Jonnalagadda, Sreenivasa ^a   Prakash, Chandra ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DUODENUM ULCER; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MELENA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037345927     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.128     Document Type: Article

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