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Involvement of the Small Intestine in Systemic Diseases

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Systemic diseases are rare and etiologically diverse. They can affect a variety of organs; involvement of the small bowel occurs with varying degrees of frequency [1]. The assignment of symptoms and findings (including endoscopic findings) to specific disease entities can be a formidable challenge. A diagnosis cannot be made from endoscopic findings alone.

The work was first published in 2006 by Springer Medizin Verlag Heidelberg with the following title: Atlas of Video Capsule Endoscopy.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Adriana Safatle-Ribeiro

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France

    Gérard Gay

  3. Gastroenterology and Rheumatology Practice, Hamburg, Germany

    Eberhard Barth

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Safatle-Ribeiro, A., Gay, G., Barth, E., Keuchel, M. (2014). Involvement of the Small Intestine in Systemic Diseases. In: Keuchel, M., Hagenmüller, F., Tajiri, H. (eds) Video Capsule Endoscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44062-9_29

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