Result of wireless capsule endoscopy in patients with suspected small bowel disease: The first series from Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Kongkam, Pradermchai ^a   Treeprasertsuk, Sombat ^b   Mahachai, Varocha ^a   Rerknimitr, Rungsun ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Bangkok Hospital Medical Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Gastrointestinal; Obscure bleeding

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ULCER; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; THAILAND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 22744441466     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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