Prospective evaluation of high-frequency mini-probe ultrasound colonoscopic imaging in ulcerative colitis: A valid tool for predicting clinical severity

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1325-1331

  Hurlstone, David P ^a,c   Sanders, David S ^a   Lobo, Alan J ^a   McAlindon, Mark E ^a   Cross, Simon S ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Disease activity; Relapse; Ulcerative colitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 29244474585     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200512000-00010     Document Type: Article

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