Videocapsule endoscopy renders obscure gastrointestinal bleeding no longer obscure

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-306

  Buchman, Alan L ^a   Wallin, Anita ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; Small intestine; Vascular ectasia; Videocapsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; SIMETHICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 0141455258     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200310000-00008     Document Type: Article

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