Capsule endoscopy in patients with malignant melanoma

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Prakoso, Emilia ^a   Selby, Warwick S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; MALE; MELANOMA; NEUROIMAGING; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSH ENTEROSCOPY; VISCERAL METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; RELIABILITY; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249091986     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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