Crohn's disease: A comparative prospective study of transabdominal ultrasonography, small intestine contrast ultrasonography, and small bowel enema

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-145

  Calabrese, Emma ^a   La Seta, Francesco ^b   Buccellato, Antonio ^b   Virdone, Roberto ^b   Pallotta, Nadia ^a   Corazziari, Enrico ^a   Cottone, Mario ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Small bowel; Small bowel enema; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ABDOMEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SMALL INTESTINE;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENEMA; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLVENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 18244399376     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-200502000-00007     Document Type: Article

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