The use of small-bowel capsule endoscopy in iron-deficiency anemia alone; Be aware of the young anemic patient

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 8-9, 2012, Pages 1094-1100

  Koulaouzidis, Anastasios ^a   Yung, Diana E ^b   Lam, Jeff H P ^b   Smirnidis, Alexandros ^a   Douglas, Sarah ^a   Plevris, John N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopy general; GI bleeding; IBD clinical; Small intestinal disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL BOWEL CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; STOMACH DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 84865723642     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2012.704938     Document Type: Article

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