Clinical applications of small bowel capsule endoscopy

Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-137

  Kopylov, Uri ^a   Seidman, Ernest G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; Patency capsule; Small bowel tumors; Small bowel video capsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE MOTILITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ENTEROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OCCULT GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84880809159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CEG.S48005     Document Type: Review

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