Findings in patients with chronic intestinal dysmotility investigated by capsule endoscopy
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Findings in patients with chronic intestinal dysmotility investigated by capsule endoscopy
BACKGROUND Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a unique tool to visualize the mucosa of the small intestine. Chronic intestinal dysmotility (CID) is a group of rare disorders of gastrointestinal motility that often are complicated by bacterial overgrowth. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of small bowel mucosal abnormalities in patients with CID. We also studied the usefulness of CE i...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Gastroenterology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1471-230X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230x-7-29