Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 533-540 , September 2007

Evaluation of postsurgical recurrence in Crohn's disease: a new indication for capsule endoscopy?

Received 17 August 2006 ,Accepted 26 December 2006.

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 See CME section; p. 557.Presented at Digestive Disease Week, May 14-18, 2005, and the 4th International Conference on Capsule Endoscopy, Miami, Florida, 2005.

PII: S0016-5107(07)00008-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.12.059

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