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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Mar 16, 2013; 5(3): 138-140
Published online Mar 16, 2013. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v5.i3.138
Detection of active bleeding from gastric antral vascular ectasia by capsule endoscopy
Tetsuya Ohira, Akira Hokama, Nagisa Kinjo, Manabu Nakamoto, Chiharu Kobashigawa, Yuya Kise, Satoshi Yamashiro, Fukunori Kinjo, Yukio Kuniyoshi, Jiro Fujita
Tetsuya Ohira, Nagisa Kinjo, Manabu Nakamoto, Chiharu Kobashigawa, Fukunori Kinjo, Department of Endoscopy, University Hospital of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan
Akira Hokama, Jiro Fujita, Department of Infectious, Respiratory and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan
Yuya Kise, Satoshi Yamashiro, Yukio Kuniyoshi, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan
Author contributions: Ohira T wrote the manuscript; Ohira T, Hokama A, Kinjo N, Nakamoto M, Kobashigawa C, Kise Y and Yamashiro S treated the patient; Kinjo F, Kuniyoshi Y and Fujita J supervised the treatment of the patient and preparation of the manuscript; all authors revised the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Tetsuya Ohira, MD, Department of Endoscopy, University Hospital of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan. rb10fantasista@hotmail.com
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Received: June 18, 2012
Revised: November 8, 2012
Accepted: January 5, 2013
Published online: March 16, 2013
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