CT findings and clinical activity in Crohn's disease

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-129

  Minordi, Laura Maria ^a   Vecchioli, Amorino ^a   Guidi, Luisa ^b   Poloni, Giuliana ^a   Fedeli, Giuseppe ^b   Bonomo, Lorenzo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b Gastrointestinal Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical activity; Crohn's disease; Enteroclysis CT; Multidetector CT; Polyethylene glycol solution

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ACTIVITY; CROHN'S DISEASE; ENTEROCLYSIS CT; MULTIDETECTOR CT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL SOLUTION;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; THERMOPLASTICS;

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS;

ENEMA; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60349092534     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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