Non-small-bowel lesions encountered during double-balloon enteroscopy performed for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1885-1889

  Tee, Hoi Poh ^a   Kaffes, Arthur J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Double balloon enteroscopy; Endoscopy; Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 77951456862     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i15.1885     Document Type: Article

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