Prospective comparison of endosonography, magnetic resonance imaging and surgical findings in anorectal fistula and abscess complicating Crohn's disease

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 360-364

  Orsoni, P ^a   Barthet, M ^a   Portier, F ^a   Panuel, M ^a   Desjeux, A ^a   Grimaud, J C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL FISTULA;

EID: 0032970885     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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