Diagnostic accuracy of small intestine ultrasonography using an oral contrast agent in Crohn's disease: Comparative study from the UK

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 553-559

  Chatu, S ^a   Pilcher, J ^a   Saxena, S K ^b   Fry, D H ^c   Pollok, R C G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; INTESTINE RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; IOHEXOL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84860248948     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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