When is the optimal timing for performing video capsule endoscopy for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding?

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 322-323

  Nakamura, Tetsuya ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 18144382991     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-005-1585-0     Document Type: Editorial

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