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Can findings on wireless capsule endoscopy predict further bleeding?

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boxed-textLai LH et al. (2006) Long-term follow-up of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding after negative capsule endoscopy. Am J Gastroenterol 101: 1224–1228

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  1. HS Vanderveldt is a Senior Gastroenterology Fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Miami, and the Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, and JS Barkin is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami Beach, FL, USA.,

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