Ultrasound and inflammatory bowel disease

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-15

  Nylund, Kim ^a,b   Hausken, Trygve ^a,b,c   Gilja, Odd Helge ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Department of Medicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crohn disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENTERITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSABDOMINAL BOWEL SONOGRAPHY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ULTRASOUND;

CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77949402783     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3181ce0929     Document Type: Review

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