Is Occult Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding a Definite Indication for Capsule Endoscopy? A Retrospective Analysis of Diagnostic Yield in Patients with Occult versus Overt Bleeding

Background/Aim. Usefulness of capsule endoscopy (CE) for diagnosing small-bowel lesions in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) has been reported. Most reports have addressed the clinical features of overt OGIB, with few addressing occult OGIB. We aimed to clarify whether occult OG...

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Autores principales: Watari, Ikue, Oka, Shiro, Tanaka, Shinji, Nakano, Makoto, Aoyama, Taiki, Yoshida, Shigeto, Chayama, Kazuaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3845716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24324488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/915463

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3845716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24324488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/915463

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