Bowel wall thickness at abdominal ultrasound and the one-year-risk of surgery in patients with Crohn's disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1977-1983

  Castiglione, Fabiana ^a   De Sio, Ilario ^b   Cozzolino, Antonio ^b   Rispo, Antonio ^b   Manguso, Francesco ^b   Blanco, Giovanna Del Vecchio ^b   Di Girolamo, Elena ^b   Castellano, Luigi ^b   Ciacci, Carolina ^b   Mazzacca, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTESTINE STENOSIS; INTESTINE WALL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL RISK; THICKNESS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7044271181     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40267.x     Document Type: Article

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