Predictive value of time-intensity curves obtained with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in the follow-up of 30 patients with Crohn's disease

Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 151-159

  Giangregorio, F ^a   Bertone, A ^b   Fanigliulo, L ^a   Comparato, G ^a   Aragona, G ^a   Marinone, M G ^a   Sbolli, G ^a   Tansini, P ^a   Fornari, F ^a  

^a GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b San Giovanni Vecchio Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

CDAI; CEUS; Contrast enhanced ultrasonography; Crohn's disease; Disease activity; SonoVue; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTISONE; SONOVUE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE WALL; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PLOTS AND CURVES; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME INTENSITY CURVE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 70450227294     PISSN: 19713495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jus.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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