Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Inflammatory Activity in Crohn's Disease

Gastroenterology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-52

  Migaleddu, Vincenzo ^a   Scanu, Antonio M ^b   Quaia, Emilio ^c   Rocca, Paolo Cossu ^b   Dore, Maria Pina ^b   Scanu, Domenico ^a   Azzali, Lorenza ^c   Virgilio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Sardinian Mediterranean Imaging Research Group no Profit Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICROBUBBLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBMUCOSA;

EID: 67649237098     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.03.062     Document Type: Article

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