Small intestine contrast ultrasonography (SICUS) for the detection of small bowel complications in crohn's disease: A prospective comparative study versus intraoperative findings

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-84

  Pallotta, Nadia ^a   Vincoli, Giuseppina ^a   Montesani, Chiara ^a   Chirletti, Piero ^a   Pronio, Annamaria ^a   Caronna, Roberto ^a   Ciccantelli, Barbara ^a   Romeo, Erminia ^b   Marcheggiano, Adriana ^a   Corazziari, Enrico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; small intestine, morphology, pathology; ultrasonography, SICUS

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE SURGERY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE CONTRAST ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555174704     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21678     Document Type: Article

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