Factors Associated With Positive Findings From Capsule Endoscopy in Patients With Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1381-1385

  Shahidi, Neal C ^a   Ou, George ^a   Svarta, Sigrid ^a   Law, Joanna K ^a   Kwok, Ricky ^a   Tong, Jessica ^a   Lam, Eric C ^a   Enns, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic.; Enteroscopy; Imaging; Small Bowel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX SCORE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSCURE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CANADA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 84869489121     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.08.035     Document Type: Article

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