Is double balloon enteroscopy the best initial imaging method for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 120-121

  Das, Ananya ^a   Leighton, Jonathan A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSH ENTEROSCOPY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS;

EID: 33847729015     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0744     Document Type: Review

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