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
    • ,
  • Rui Gao, MD
    • ,
  • Can Xu, MD
    • ,
  • 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.

 If you would like to chat with an author of this article, you may contact Dr. Liao at zhuanliao@hotmail.com

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

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