New frontiers in small-bowel imaging: The expanding technology of capsule endoscopy and its impact in clinical gastroenterology

Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Gurudu, Suryakanth R ^a   Vargas, Hugo E ^a   Leighton, Jonathan A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Capsule endoscopy; Celiac disease; Crohn's disease; EndoCapsule; ESO; Esophageal varices; Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; PillCam; PillCam colon; SB

Indexed keywords

SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER SCREENING; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CROHN DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENTERITIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41749083752     PISSN: 1533001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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