The inability to visualize the ampulla of Vater is an inherent limitation of capsule endoscopy

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-103

  Selby, Warwick S ^a   Prakoso, Emilia ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

ampulla of Vater; capsule endoscopy; missed lesion

Indexed keywords

METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE HEMORRHAGE; VATER PAPILLA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPULLA OF VATER; ANTIEMETICS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650789893     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283410210     Document Type: Article

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