Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 5 , Pages 365-370 , May 2010

Polyethylene glycol plus simethicone in small-bowel preparation for capsule endoscopy

  • Cristiano Spada

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 - Rome, Italy
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  • Maria E. Riccioni

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 - Rome, Italy
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  • Pietro Familiari

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 - Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Gianluca Spera

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Centro di Ricerca e Formazione ad Alta Tecnologia Nelle Scienze Biomediche “Giovanni Paolo II”, Contrada Tappino, 96100 - Campobasso, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppe A. Pirozzi

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Centro di Ricerca e Formazione ad Alta Tecnologia Nelle Scienze Biomediche “Giovanni Paolo II”, Contrada Tappino, 96100 - Campobasso, Italy
    • ,
  • Michele Marchese

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 - Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Alessandra Bizzotto

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 - Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Marcello Ingrosso

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Centro di Ricerca e Formazione ad Alta Tecnologia Nelle Scienze Biomediche “Giovanni Paolo II”, Contrada Tappino, 96100 - Campobasso, Italy
    • ,
  • Guido Costamagna

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 - Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 06 30156580; fax: +39 06 30156581.

Received 4 August 2008 ,Accepted 28 July 2009.

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☆ Grant Support: this study was supported by Promefarm Srl, Milan, Italy.

PII: S1590-8658(09)00328-4

doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.07.017

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 5 , Pages 365-370 , May 2010

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