Evaluation of iron deficiency anemia in older adults: The role of wireless capsule endoscopy

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 627-631

  Muhammad, Adnan ^a   Pitchumoni, C S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Capsule endoscopy; GI bleeding; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE ULCER; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE HEMORRHAGE; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68949164551     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318181b442     Document Type: Article

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