Increased diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy in patients with chronic abdominal pain.

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Chronic abdominal pain is one of the most common chief complaints, but the underlying pathophysiology often remains unknown after routine clinical evaluation. Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a new technique for the visualization of the entire small bowel. The aim of this study w...

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Main Authors: Liping Yang, Yu Chen, Bingling Zhang, Chunxiao Chen, Min Yue, Juan Du, Chaohui Yu, Youming Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3909121?pdf=render