A retrospective analysis comparing small bowel follow-through with wireless capsule endoscopy in the evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 298-302

  Nutter, Melanie ^a   Dunston, Diana ^a   Ieyoub, Jonathan ^a   Hart, Albert ^a   Harper, Jeannie ^b   Burke, Mary S ^b  

^a Gastroenterology Associates   (United States)

^b University of Southeastern Louisiana   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955442148     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e3181e942f5     Document Type: Article

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