Diagnostic value of terminal ileum intubation during colonoscopy

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-55

  Jeong, Seong Hyun ^a   Lee, Kwang Jae ^a   Kim, Yeong Bae ^a   Kwon, Heok Chun ^a   Sin, Sung Jae ^a   Chung, Jae Yeon ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Ileoscopy; Right lower quadrant abdominal pain; Terminal ileum intubation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUM; ILEUM INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 37249084643     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05151.x     Document Type: Article

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