Small intestine contrast ultrasonography: An alternative to radiology in the assessment of small bowel disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-153

  Pallotta, Nadia ^a   Tomei, Ernesto ^a   Viscido, Angelo ^a   Calabrese, Emma ^a   Marcheggiano, Adriana ^a   Caprilli, Renzo ^a   Corazziari, Enrico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast; Crohn's disease; Morphology; Pathology; Small intestine; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ABDOMEN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMALL INTESTINE;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18244376165     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-200502000-00008     Document Type: Article

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