Capsule endoscopy: a new era in the history of endoscopy
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Capsule Endoscopy: A New Era of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Background: Since the discovery of fiber-optic endoscopy to examine upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, diagnosis and therapy of gastrointestinal diseases were revolutionized. However, by these methods, of the small bowel, only the proximal duodenum and distal ileum could be examined. Hence, rest of the small bowel, which is more than four meters in length, remained like a black box. With t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1130-0108
DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082004000100002