Using CT enterography to monitor Crohn's disease activity: A preliminary study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1512-1516

  Hara, Amy K ^a   Alam, Shayan ^a   Heigh, Russell I ^a   Gurudu, Suryakanth R ^a   Hentz, Joseph G ^a   Leighton, Jonathan A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; CT enterography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; CT ENTEROGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; ILEUM; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44849142672     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2877     Document Type: Article

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