Assessment of Crohn's disease activity by Doppler sonography of the superior mesenteric artery, clinical evaluation and the Crohn's disease activity index: A prospective study

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 973-978

  Byrne, Michael F ^a,b   Farrell, Michael A ^a,b   Abass, Suzanne ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Anthony ^a,b   Varghese, Jose C ^a,b   Thornton, Frank ^a,b   Murray, Frank E ^a,b   Lee, Michael J ^a,b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CDAI scores; Crohn's disease activity; Doppler sonography; Reference standard; Superior mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

EID: 0035553605     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2001.0794     Document Type: Article

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