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High diagnostic and clinical impact of small-bowel capsule endoscopy in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia with overt digestive bleeding and/or severe anemia.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy - 1 Apr 2010
Grève Emilie, Moussata Driffa, Gaudin Jean Louis, Lapalus Marie-Georges, Giraud Sophie, Dupuis-Girod Sophie, Calender Alain, Plauchu Henri, Saurin Jean-Christophe
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) often present with recurrent anemia because of epistaxis or GI bleeding in relation to telangiectases mostly located in the stomach or small bowel. Capsule endoscopy is considered a major diagnostic tool for small-bowel disease...
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