Fecal occult blood testing for the prediction of small-bowel pathology detected by capsule endoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) has been suggested as a potential screening tool for small-bowel capsule endoscopy (CE). We conducted a meta-analysis of studies correlating FOBT and CE findings to examine the predictive value of positive FOBT for CE findings. METHODS: PubMed and Embase...

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Autores principales: Yung, Diana E., Vijayan, Sanju, Avni, Tomer, Douglas, Sarah, Kopylov, Uri, Koulaouzidis, Anastasios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2017
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28243039
http://dx.doi.org/10.20524/aog.2017.0122

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28243039
http://dx.doi.org/10.20524/aog.2017.0122

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