Pseudomembranous colitis revisited: spectrum of imaging findings

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 535-544

  Ramachandran, I ^a   Sinha, R ^a   Rodgers, P ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745160409     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.03.009     Document Type: Review

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