Reproducibility of bowel ultrasonography in the evaluation of Crohn's disease

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 860-866

  Fraquelli, M ^a   Sarno, A ^b   Girelli, C ^c   Laudi, C ^d   Buscarini, E ^e   Villa, C ^a   Robotti, D ^b   Porta, P ^c   Cammarota, T ^b   Ercole, E ^d   Rigazio, C ^d   Senore, C ^f   Pera, A ^d   Malacrida, V ^c   Gallo, C ^c   Maconi, G ^g  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f CPO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Interobserver variability; Intraobserver variability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE FLUID; INTESTINE STENOSIS; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 53049091691     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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