Imaging and therapy for perianal Crohn's disease: On the right track?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-90

  Loftus Jr , Edward V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTUM FISTULA;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 1542598092     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.04016.x     Document Type: Editorial

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