The feasibility of wireless capsule endoscopy in detecting small intestinal pathology in children under the age of 8 years: A multicentre European study

Gut

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1467-1472

  Fritscher Ravens, A ^a   Scherbakov, P ^b   Bufler, P ^c   Torroni, F ^d   Ruuska, T ^e   Nuutinen, H ^f   Thomson, M ^g   Tabbers, M ^h   Milla, P ⁱ  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; JEJUNUM ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGIODYSPLASIA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROHN DISEASE; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350217438     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2009.177774     Document Type: Article

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