Capsule endoscopy; the cumulative experience from its use in 193 patients with suspected small bowel disease

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 62, 2005, Pages 414-419

  Kalantzis, N ^a   Papanikolaou, I S ^a   Giannakoulopoulou, E ^a   Alogari, A ^a   Kalantzis, C ^a   Papacharalampous, X ^b   Gabriel, P ^a   Alexandrakis, G ^a   Apostolopoulos, P ^a,c  

^a Army Share Fund Hospital (NIMTS)   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYPOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16344393342     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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