Current status of capsule endoscopy through a whole digestive tract

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 205-215

  Hosoe, Naoki ^a   Naganuma, Makoto ^a   Ogata, Haruhiko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

capsule endoscopy; double balloon enteroscopy; esophageal capsule endoscopy; gastroesophageal reflux disease; inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY FORCEPS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE POLYP; INTESTINE TUMOR; MAGNIFYING ENDOSCOPY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH MUCOSA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84920840577     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/den.12380     Document Type: Review

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