Are 99mTc leukocyte scintigraphy and SBFT studies useful in children suspected of having inflammatory bowel disease?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1208-1212

  Charron, Martin ^b   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^a   Kocoshis, Samuel ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ADOLESCENT; ENTERITIS; INTESTINE; LEUKOCYTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033625661     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00803-0     Document Type: Article

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