Role of MRI in Crohn's disease

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-352

  Sinha, R ^a   Murphy, P ^a   Hawker, P ^a   Sanders, S ^b   Rajesh, A ^c   Verma, R ^c  

^a SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Gastroenterology   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; INFLIXIMAB; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 60949090275     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.08.006     Document Type: Review

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