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cruelshoes

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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject: Study:Capsule endoscopy is more effective tool to diagnose

I thought this was interesting. Maybe some day the traditional endoscopy as a diagnostic tool will be a thing of the past?

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/99267.php

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Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) announced that a study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic reported that capsule endoscopy is a more effective tool to diagnose celiac disease and detect damage throughout the small intestine than upper endoscopy. Researchers also found that celiac affects a highly variable portion of the small intestine and that the severity of symptoms did not correlate to the severity of intestinal damage.

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