Enhanced diagnostic yield with prolonged small bowel transit time during capsule endoscopy

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 303-308

  Buscaglia, Jonathan M ^a,b   Kapoor, Sumit ^a   Clarke, John O ^a   Bucobo, Juan Carlos ^b   Giday, Samuel A ^a   Magno, Priscilla ^a   Yong, Elaine ^a   Mullin, Gerard E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Lung function; Population study; Smoking; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; INTESTINE ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA;

EID: 54949128684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.5.303     Document Type: Article

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