Crohn's disease diagnosed by wireless capsule endoscopy in adolescents with abdominal pain, protein-losing enteropathy, anemia and negative endoscopic and radiologic findings

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 216-218

  Barkay, Olga ^a,b   Moshkowitz, Menachem ^a,b   Reif, Shimon ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Crohn's disease; Diagnostic modalities; Wireless capsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES;

EID: 17244383430     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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