Reproducibility of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in the Investigation of Chronic Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
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Reproducibility of wireless capsule endoscopy in the investigation of chronic obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
BACKGROUND Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a valuable tool in the diagnostic evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, but limited information is available on the reproducibility of CE findings. OBJECTIVE To compare two successive CE studies with push enteroscopy (PE) in patients presenting with chronic obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. METHODS A prospective study was conducted. Ten patie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0835-7900
DOI: 10.1155/2007/407075