Clinical application of wireless capsule endoscopy

Chinese Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-92

  Ge, Zhi Zheng ^a   Hu, Yun Biao ^a   Gao, Yun Jie ^a   Xiao, Shu Dong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; Small bowel diseases; Wireless capsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHTHOUS ULCER; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIEULAFOY DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HEMORRHAGIC GASTRITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE POLYP; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; INTESTINE TUMOR; LIPOMA; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; SWALLOWING; TIME;

EID: 0041564126     PISSN: 14439611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1443-9573.2003.t01-1-00120.x     Document Type: Review

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