Capsule endoscopy: Improving transit time and image view

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 5863-5866

  Fireman, Zvi ^a,b   Paz, D ^a   Kopelman, Y ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Erythromycin; Gastric emptying time; Polyethylene glycol; Small bowel transit time; View

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROGOL 400; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE PREPARATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH EMPTYING;

EID: 27944494352     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i37.5863     Document Type: Article

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