CT and 99m Tc-WBC vs colonoscopy in the evaluation of inflammation and complications of inflammatory bowel diseases

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-28

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

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

99mTc WBC; Computerized tomography; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEITIS; ILEUM DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; INFLAMMATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036169817     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s535-002-8128-5     Document Type: Article

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