The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) diagnostic algorithm for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: Eight burning questions from everyday clinical practice

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 179-185

  Rondonotti, Emanuele ^a   Marmo, Riccardo ^b   Petracchini, Massimo ^c   de Franchis, Roberto ^d   Pennazio, Marco ^e  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Division of Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^c MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e San Giovanni Battista University Teaching Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsule Endoscopy; CT enterography; Device Assisted Enteroscopy; Obscure GI bleeding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ENTEROGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE ASSISTED ENTEROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ENTEROGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84875538277     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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