Evaluation of an MRI-based score of disease activity in perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 360-365

  Horsthuis, Karin ^a   Ziech, Manon L W ^a   Bipat, Shandra ^a   Spijkerboer, Anje M ^a   de Bruine Dobben, Annette C ^a,b   Hommes, Daniel W ^a,c   Stoker, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Health Care Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perianal fistula

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEINS; CROHN'S DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; PERIANAL FISTULA; RELAPSE RATES;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; RESONANCE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INFLIXIMAB;

ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL FISTULA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052004681     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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