Esophageal capsule endoscopy for screening esophageal varices among Japanese patients with liver cirrhosis

Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ishiguro, Haruya ^a   Saito, Shoichi ^a   Imazu, Hiroo ^a   Aihara, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Tomohiro ^a   Tajiri, Hisao ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPANESE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855607705     PISSN: 16876121     EISSN: 1687630X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/946169     Document Type: Article

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