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Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology Volume 42, 2007 - Issue 9
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Effect of three bowel preparations on video-capsule endoscopy gastric and small-bowel transit time and completeness of the examination

Chryssostomos Kalantzis Department of Gastroenterology, NIMTS Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Konstantinos Triantafyllou Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, 2nd Department of Medicine, Medical School, Athens University, “Attikon” University General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Angelos A. Papadopoulos Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, 2nd Department of Medicine, Medical School, Athens University, “Attikon” University General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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George Alexandrakis Department of Gastroenterology, NIMTS Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Theodore Rokkas Gastroenterology Clinic, “Henry Dunant” Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Nikolaos Kalantzis Department of Gastroenterology, NIMTS Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Spiros D. Ladas Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, 2nd Department of Medicine, Medical School, Athens University, “Attikon” University General Hospital, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1120-1126 | Received 08 Oct 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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