Fistula in ano: Endoanal sonography versus endoanal MR imaging in classification

Radiology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 475-481

  Hussain, Shahid M ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a   Schouten, Willem R ^a   Hop, Wim C J ^a   Laméris, Johan S ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anus, abnormalities; Anus, MR; Anus, US; Fistula, anal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030014534     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.2.8685344     Document Type: Article

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