Capsule endoscopy: A review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-414

  Sachdev, Mankanwal S ^a   Ismail, Mohammad K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Endoscopy; Esophagus; Imaging; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLON POLYPOSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTESTINE, SMALL; SAFETY;

EID: 41949086958     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181683eff     Document Type: Review

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