Wireless capsule endoscopy in israeli defense force: Two years of experience

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 991-995

  Bakshi, Erez ^a   Ashkenazi, Isaac ^a   Katzenell, Udi ^a   Cohen, Omri ^a   Niv, Yaron ^b   Bar Dayan, Yosefa ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; SMALL INTESTINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 70350705966     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-00-3208     Document Type: Article

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