CT imaging of colitis

Radiology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 623-638

  Thoeni, Ruedi F ^a,b   Cello, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIATRIZOATE; IOHEXOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; VOLUMEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASCITES; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

COLITIS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747609366     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2403050818     Document Type: Review

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