Doppler sonography in the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-66

  Di Sabatino, Antonio ^a   Armellini, Elia ^a   Corazza, Gino Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Doppler sonography; Intramural vascularity; Levovist; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

CROHN DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VELOCITY;

COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 4043146471     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078736     Document Type: Review

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