Diagnosing Crohn's disease: An economic analysis comparing wireless capsule endoscopy with traditional diagnostic procedures

Disease Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 292-304

  Goldfarb, Neil I ^a   Pizzi, Laura T ^b   Fuhr Jr , Joseph P ^b   Salvador, Christopher ^b   Sikirica, Vanja ^b   Kornbluth, Asher ^b   Lewis, Blair ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMALL BOWEL FOLLOW THROUGH;

EID: 12144261927     PISSN: 1093507X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dis.2004.7.292     Document Type: Review

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