The role of capsule endoscopy in the work-up of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-406

  Magnano, Antonio ^a,b   Privitera, Antonio ^a   Calogero, Giovanni ^a   Nanfitò, Luigi ^a   Sanfilippo, Giuseppe ^a   Biondi, Antonio ^a   Basile, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Enteroscopy; Obscure bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; ILEUM DISEASE; INTESTINE POLYP; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; JEJUNUM DISEASE; MALE; MELENA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SMALL INTESTINE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIODYSPLASIA; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM;

EID: 1842452798     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200404000-00006     Document Type: Article

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