Systematic review: The use of ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis, assessment of activity and abdominal complications of Crohn's disease

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-145

  Panes J ^a,b   Bouzas, R ^c   Chaparro, M ^a,c   Garcia Sanchez V ^e   Gisbert, J P ^a,d   Martinez De Guerenu B ^f   Mendoza, J L ^g   Paredes, J M ^h   Quiroga, S ⁱ   Ripolles T ^h   Rimola, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^f Osatek Vitoria   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; BARIUM ENEMA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; ILEOCOLONOSCOPY; ILEUM DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE STENOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959380672     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04710.x     Document Type: Review

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