Ultrasonographic Detection of Toxic Megacolon in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 138-142

  Maconi, Giovanni ^a   Sampietro, Gianluca M ^a   Ardizzone, Sandro ^a   Cristaldi, Massimo ^a   Danelli, Piergiorgio ^a   Carsana, Luca ^a   Porro, Gabriele Bianchi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Toxic megacolon; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TOXIC MEGACOLON; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYCLOSPORINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MEGACOLON, TOXIC; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL;

EID: 0842313172     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000011615.64250.6e     Document Type: Article

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