Age and indication for referral to capsule endoscopy significantly affect small bowel transit times: The given database

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2884-2887

  Fireman, Zvi ^a,b   Kopelman, Yael ^a,b   Friedman, Shosh ^c   Ephrath, Hagit ^c   Choman, Eran ^c   Debby, Hila ^c   Eliakim, Rami ^b,d  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Given Imaging Ltd   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age; Capsule endoscopy; Gastric emptying; Gastrointestinal pathologies; Gender; Small bowel transit time

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CELIAC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH EMPTYING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; DATABASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548504782     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9789-1     Document Type: Article

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