Use of air enema radiography to assess depth of ulceration during acute attacks of ulcerative colitis

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9017, 1996, Pages 1731-1735

  Almer, Sven ^a,b   Bodemar, Göran ^a,b   Franzén, Lennart ^a,c   Lindström, Eva ^b   Nyström, Per Olof ^b   Ström, Magnus ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENEMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0029892510     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90808-9     Document Type: Article

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