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Feasibility of capsule endoscopy in elderly patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. An up-to-date report
BACKGROUND: Anemia is the most common hematologic abnormality in older populations. Furthermore, iron deficiency anemia is common and merits investigation and treatment, as it usually results from chronic occult bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract. In view of a wide use of capsule endoscopy as...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499354/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23173943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S30 |