Enteroscopy in the Diagnosis and Management of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-426

  Pennazio, Marco ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Diagnosis; Double balloon endoscopy; Enteroscopy; Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

BALLOON ASSISTED ENTEROSCOPY; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSH ENTEROSCOPY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CATHETERIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SMALL INTESTINE;

BALLOON DILATATION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 67849133352     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2009.04.002     Document Type: Review

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