Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with SonoVue after infliximab therapy in Crohn's disease

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-26

  Guidi, L ^a   De Franco, A ^a   De Vitis, I ^a   Armuzzi, A ^a   Semeraro, S ^a   Roberto, I ^a   Papa, A ^a   Bock, E ^a   Gasbarrini, G ^a   Fedeli, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Infliximab; SonoVue; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INFLIXIMAB; SONOVUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG INFUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTESTINE LOOP; INTESTINE WALL; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROSOMUCOID; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644558737     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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