PillCam ESO in esophageal studies: Improved diagnostic yield of 14 frames per second (fps) compared with 4 fps

Endoscopy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-30

  Koslowsky, B ^a   Jacob, H ^a   Eliakim, R ^b   Adler, S N ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 30744476807     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-921034     Document Type: Article

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