Is small-bowel capsule endoscopy effective for diagnosis of esophagogastric lesions related to portal hypertension?

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 511-516

  Aoyama, Taiki ^a   Oka, Shiro ^b   Aikata, Hiroshi ^a   Nakano, Makoto ^a   Watari, Ikue ^a   Naeshiro, Noriaki ^a   Yoshida, Shigeto ^b   Tanaka, Shinji ^b   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Gastric varices; Portal hypertensive gastropathy; Small bowel capsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE GASTROPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH VARICES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ESOPHAGEAL VARICES; GASTRIC VARICES; PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE GASTROPATHY; SMALL-BOWEL CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897629733     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12372     Document Type: Article

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