Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 2 , Pages 434-439 , August 2009

The Future Is Wireless: Advances in Wireless Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies in Gastroenterology

  • Virender K. Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Virender K. Sharma, MD, AGAF, Division of Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, 13400 East Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259

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 Conflicts of interest Dr Sharma is a consultant for Intromedic.

 Funding Dr Sharma received grant support from Given Imaging, Olympus Inc.

PII: S0016-5085(09)01008-7

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.06.029

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 2 , Pages 434-439 , August 2009

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