Capsule Endoscopy: A Meta-Analysis for Use with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Crohn's Disease

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A prospective trial comparing small bowel radiographs and video capsule endoscopy for suspected small bowel disease

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Video capsule endoscopy to prospectively assess small bowel injury with celecoxib, naproxen plus omeprazole, and placebo

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The First Prospective Controlled Trial Comparing Wireless Capsule Endoscopy with Push Enteroscopy in Chronic Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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2002 • 509 citations

Diagnostic Value of Endoscopic Capsule in Patients with Obscure Digestive Bleeding: Blinded Comparison with Video Push-Enteroscopy

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Small bowel involvement in Crohn's disease: a prospective comparison of wireless capsule endoscopy and computed tomography enteroclysis

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A prospective comparison of capsule endoscopy and push enteroscopy in patients with GI bleeding of obscure origin

2004 • 202 citations

Diagnostic Yield of Wireless Capsule Enteroscopy in Comparison with Computed Tomography Enteroclysis

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Wireless capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: a comparative study with push enteroscopy

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Capsule endoscopy vs. push enteroscopy and enteroclysis in suspected small-bowel Crohn's disease

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Capsule Endoscopy versus Push Enteroscopy in Patients with Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding

2003 • 136 citations

Videocapsule Endoscopy versus Barium Contrast Studies for the Diagnosis of Crohn's Disease Recurrence Involving the Small Intestine

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A prospective comparative study of push and wireless-capsule enteroscopy in patients with obscure digestive bleeding.

2003 • 75 citations

Diagnosing Crohn's Disease: An Economic Analysis Comparing Wireless Capsule Endoscopy with Traditional Diagnostic Procedures

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Wireless capsule endoscopy (CE) is more informative than ileoscopy and SBFT for the evaluation of the small intestine (SI) in patients with known or suspected Crohn's disease

2003 • 22 citations

Comparison of wireless capsule endoscopy (M2A?) with push enteroscopy in the evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

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Wireless Capsule Enteroscopy: A Comparison with Enterography, Push Enteroscopy and Ileo-colonoscopy in the Diagnosis of Small Bowel Crohn's Disease

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Meta-analysis of Capsule Endoscopy Versus Alternative Modalities in the Diagnosis of Small Bowel Pathologies

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Wireless Capsule Endoscopy vs Small Bowel Enteroclysis in the Detection of Ileal Involvement in Crohn's Disease: A Prospective Controlled Trial

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Prospective Controlled Multicentric Trial Comparing Capsule Endoscopy with Intraoperative Enteroscopy: Long Term Results in Patients with Chronic Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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M2A Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Versus Enteroclysis; A Prospective Study in 68 Patients with Suspected Small Bowel Disease

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