Prevalence and clinical significance of sonographic evidence of mesenteric fat alterations in Crohn's disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1555-1561

  Maconi, Giovanni ^a   Greco, Salvatore ^a   Duca, Piergiorgio ^a   Ardizzone, Sandro ^a   Massari, Alessandro ^a   Cassinotti, Andrea ^a   Radice, Elisa ^a   Porro, Gabriele Bianchi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochemical activity; C reactive protein; Clinical activity; Crohn's disease; Mesenteric fat hypertrophy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLON FISTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTESTINE WALL; LIPOHYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HYPERTROPHY; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 59249103661     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20515     Document Type: Article

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