A multicenter randomized comparison of the Endocapsule and the Pillcam SB

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-494

  Cave, David R ^a   Fleischer, David E ^a   Leighton, Jonathan A ^a   Faigel, Douglas O ^a   Heigh, Russell I ^a   Sharma, Virender K ^a   Gostout, Christopher J ^a   Rajan, Elizabeth ^a   Mergener, Klaus ^a   Foley, Anne ^a   Lee, Michael ^a   Bhattacharya, Kanishka ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50049092353     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.12.037     Document Type: Article

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