Hydrogen peroxide enhanced ultrasound-fistulography in the assessment of enterocutaneous fistulas complicating Crohn's disease

Gut

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 874-878

  Maconi, G ^a   Parente, F ^a   Bianchi Porro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Enterocutaneous fistulas; Hydrogen peroxide enhanced US fistulography; X ray fistulogram

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON STENOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FISTULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGMOID; X RAY PICTURE;

EID: 0032730938     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.6.874     Document Type: Article

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