Capsule endoscopy and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: Are transfusion dependence and comorbidity further risk factors to predict a diagnosis? [6]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1329-1330

  Sidhu, Reena ^a   Sanders, David S ^a   Sakellariou, Viv P ^a   McAlindon, Mark E ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; THALIDOMIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS;

EID: 34249052534     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01171.x     Document Type: Letter

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