Transabdominal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease. conventional and recently developed techniques - update

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-313

  Allgayer, Hubert ^a   Braden, Barbara ^b   Dietrich, Christoph F ^c  

^a Rehaklinik Ob der Tauber ^*  (Germany)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complication; Inflammation; Intestine; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ASCITES; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINAL FIBROSIS; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE WALL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84856358412     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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