Capsule endoscopy diagnosis of celiac disease and ileal tumors in a patient with melena of obscure origin

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 412-413

  Kimchi, Nimrod A ^a,b   Broide, Efrat ^a,b   Zehavi, Sergei ^a,b   Halevy, Ariel ^a,b   Scapa, Eitan ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Carcinoid tumor; Celiac disease; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Ileal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; ILEUM TUMOR; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MELENA; PALLOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; CARCINOID TUMOR; CELIAC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELENA;

EID: 20844446654     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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