Study comparing oesophageal capsule endoscopy versus EGD in the detection of varices

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-223

  Pena, L R ^a   Cox, T ^a   Koch, A G ^a   Bosch, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Oesophageal capsule endoscopy; Varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38749095921     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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