Management of severe ulcerative colitis with the help of high resolution ultrasonography

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2163-2169

  Arienti, Vincenzo ^a   Campieri, Massimo ^b   Boriani, Luciana ^b   Gionchetti, Paolo ^b   Califano, Carla ^b   Giancane, Salvatore ^b   Furno, Adriano ^b   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 0029817461     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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