Getting the steak without the sizzle: Is MR enterography as good as CT enterography?

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 712-713

  Adler, Jeremy ^a   Higgins, Peter D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ENTEROGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ENTEROGRAPHY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

EID: 77949504886     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21101     Document Type: Note

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