Small intestine contrast ultrasonography (sicus) in the diagnosis of small intestine lesions

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 335-341

  Pallotta, Nadia ^a   Baccini, Flavia ^a   Corazziari, Enrico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Small bowel morphology; Small bowel pathology; Small intestine contrast ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CONCORDANCE INDEX;

DIAGNOSIS;

BARIUM; MACROGOL 4000;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035041015     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00356-2     Document Type: Article

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