The "star-sign" in magnetic resonance enteroclysis: A characteristic finding of internal fistulae in Crohn's disease

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-241

  Herrmann, Karin A ^a   Michaely, Henrik J ^a   Seiderer, Julia ^a   Ochsenkuehn, Thomas ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENEMA; FERUMOXSIL; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEITIS; ILEUM; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 32644480818     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520500265075     Document Type: Article

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