Timing of capsule endoscopy influences the diagnosis and outcome in obscure-overt gastrointestinal bleeding

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 115, 2012, Pages 676-679

  Yamada, Atsuo ^a   Watabe, Hirotsugu ^a   Kobayashi, Yuka ^a   Yamaji, Yutaka ^a   Yoshida, Haruhiko ^a   Koike, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOECTASIA; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860519130     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge12180     Document Type: Article

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