Esophageal capsule endoscopy: the string is the thing

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-211

  Hale, William ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLON POLYP; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH DISEASE;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67650970740     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.12.057     Document Type: Editorial

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