The yield and safety of string capsule endoscopy in patients with dysphagia

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1091-1095

  Gilani, Nooman ^a   Stipho, Sally ^a   Shaukat, Masud S ^a   Akins, Rodney ^a   Ramirez, Francisco C ^a  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL UPPER ENDOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRING CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; TIME;

CAPSULES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36549072479     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.04.034     Document Type: Article

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