Imaging of fistula in ano

Radiology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-33

  Halligan, Steve ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FISTULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTAL FISTULA;

EID: 33645123262     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2391041043     Document Type: Review

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