Detecting esophageal disease with second-generation capsule endoscopy: Initial evaluation of the PillCam ESO 2

Endoscopy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-279

  Gralnek, I M ^a   Adler, S N ^b   Yassin, K ^a   Koslowsky, B ^b   Metzger, Y ^c   Eliakim, R ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Bikur Cholim Medical Center   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 42149137877     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-995645     Document Type: Article

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