The utility of capsule endoscopy in patients with suspected Crohn's disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2734-2739

  Tukey, Melissa ^a   Pleskow, Doug ^a   Legnani, Peter ^b   Cheifetz, Adam S ^a   Moss, Alan C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 72049094505     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.404     Document Type: Article

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