Value of fecal occult blood test as a screening test before capsule endoscopy

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 690-694

  Efthymiou, Marios ^a,b   Allen, Patrick B ^a   Jayasekera, Chatura ^a,b   Desmond, Paul V ^a   Taylor, Andrew C F ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

capsule endoscopy; fecal occult blood test; obscure bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GUAIAC; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 79960668661     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32834847fe     Document Type: Article

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