Comparison between a clinical activity index (Harvey-Bradshaw-Index), laboratory inflammation markers and quantitative assessment of bowel wall vascularization by contrast-enhanced ultrasound in Crohn's disease

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1105-1109

  Girlich, C ^a   Schacherer, D ^a   Jung, E M ^a   Schreyer, A ^a   Buttner R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bowel; Clinical activity; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Crohn's disease

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HARVEY BRADSHAW INDEX; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 84860719411     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.02.054     Document Type: Article

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