Comparison of contrast-enhanced with non-contrast endosonography in the diagnostics of anal fistulas

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2236-2241

  Sudol Szopinska, Iwona ^a   Szczepkowski, Marek ^b   Panorska, Anna K ^c   Szopiński, Tomasz ^d   Jakubowski, Wiesław ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b BIELANSKI HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d Central Railway Hospital Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anal endosonography; Anal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL FISTULA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11244324719     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2415-0     Document Type: Article

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