Meta-analysis Shows Colon Capsule Endoscopy Is Effective in Detecting Colorectal Polyps

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Spada, Cristiano ^a   Hassan, Cesare ^a   Marmo, Riccardo ^b   Petruzziello, Lucio ^a   Riccioni, Maria Elena ^a   Zullo, Angelo ^c   Cesaro, Paola ^a   Pilz, Julia ^d   Costamagna, Guido ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Gastroenterology Unit   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Regina Margherita   (Italy)

^d Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Advanced Neoplasia; Colorectal Cancer; Colorectal Cancer Screening; PillCam Colon

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLON CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL POLYP; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77952743883     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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