The clinical impact of capsule endoscopy: To believe or not to believe

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 873-874

  Frieling, Thomas ^a  

^a Klinikum Krefeld   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTEN; IRON; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANGIODYSPLASIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; ERADICATION THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; SMALL INTESTINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745866943     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200608000-00011     Document Type: Short Survey

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