Contrast-enhanced gastrointestinal trans-abdominal and endoscopic ultrasonography: An idea whose time has come

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1976-1980

  Bhutani, Manoop S ^a,b   Barde, Christopher J ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPIODONE ETHYL ESTER; ALBUMIN; ALBUNEX; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ECHOVIST; MICROSPHERE; PERFLUOROOCTYL BROMIDE; SHU 456; SHU 508; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DROWSINESS; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION SITE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASTE DISORDER; ULTRASOUND; VERTIGO;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 0030680275     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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