Evaluation of perianal fistulas in patients with Crohn's disease

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Jones, Jennifer ^a   Tremaine, William ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FISTULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 25144465457     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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