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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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Autores principales: Orlando, G, Luppino, IM, Lerose, MA, Gervasi, R, Amato, B, Silecchia, G, Puzziello, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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