The fat halo sign

Radiology

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 945-946

  Ahualli, Jorge ^a  

^a Centro Radiologico Luis Mendez Collado   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE WALL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 33847233606     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2423041600     Document Type: Article

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