The use of contrast-enhanced power Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis and follow-up of inflammatory abdominal masses associated with Crohn's disease

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-251

  Sallomi, David F ^a  

^a EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscess; Crohn's disease; Doppler; Levovist; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABSCESS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON STENOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABSCESS; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0037339088     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200303000-00007     Document Type: Review

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