Author's response to reviews Title: Rebleeding rate after interventional therapy directed by capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding Authors:
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Hiroki Endo ([email protected]) Nobuyuki Matsuhashi ([email protected]) Masahiko Inamori ([email protected]) Keiko Akimoto ([email protected]) Tomohiko Ohya ([email protected]) Tatsuro Yanagawa ([email protected]) Masako Asayama ([email protected]) Kantaro Hisatomi ([email protected]) Takuma Teratani ([email protected]) Koji Fujita ([email protected]) Masato Yoneda ([email protected]) Atsushi Nakajima ([email protected])
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Rebleeding rate after interventional therapy directed by capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
BACKGROUND The precise role of capsule endoscopy in the diagnostic algorithm of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding has yet to be determined. Despite the higher diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy, the actual impact on clinical outcome remains poorly defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the follow-up results of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding to determine which managem...
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تاریخ انتشار 2008