Which route should we select when performing double-balloon enteroscopy?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 577-578

  Nakamura, Masanao ^a   Niwa, Yasumasa ^a   Ohmiya, Naoki ^a   Goto, Hidemi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BALLOON DILATATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 39149094933     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.09.016     Document Type: Letter

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