Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 280-286 , February 2010

Indications and detection, completion, and retention rates of small-bowel capsule endoscopy: a systematic review

  • Zhuan Liao, MD
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  • Rui Gao, MD
  • ,
  • Can Xu, MD
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  • Zhao-Shen Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Zhao-Shen Li, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.

Received 31 May 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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 DISCLOSURE: This study was sponsored partly by the Shanghai Educational Development Foundation (Shanghai Chenguang Project, No. 2007CG49). All authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication.

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PII: S0016-5107(09)02540-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.09.031

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 280-286 , February 2010