Screening for esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus with wireless esophageal capsule endoscopy: A multicenter prospective trial in patients with reflux symptoms

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 538-545

  Galmiche, Jean Paul ^a,b,c,h   Sacher Huvelin, Sylvie ^a,b,c   Coron, Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Cholet, Franck ^d   Soussan, Emmanuel Ben ^e   Sébille, Véronique ^b   Filoche, Bernard ^f   D'Abrigeon, Gilles ^g   Antonietti, Michel ^e   Robaszkiewicz, Michel ^d   Le Rhun, Marc ^a,b,c   Ducrotté, Philippe ^e  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CH Lomme   (France)

^g CH Lomme ^*  (France)

^h HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMACH DISEASE;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40949104806     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01731.x     Document Type: Article

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