The value of routinely performed ultrasonography in patients with Crohn disease

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1178-1183

  Hirche, T O ^a   Russler J ^a   Schroder O ^a   Schuessler, G ^a   Kappeser, P ^a   Caspary, W F ^a   Dietrich, Christoph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crohn disease; Extraintestinal manifestation; Intestinal manifestation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; INTESTINE WALL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM FISTULA; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 18644370949     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655202760373399     Document Type: Article

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