A unique 3D endoanal ultrasound feature of perianal Crohn's fistula: The 'Crohn ultrasound fistula sign'

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Zawadzki, A ^a   Starck, M ^a   Bohe, M ^a   Thorlacius, H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Crohn's disease; Perianal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; CROHN ULTRASOUND FISTULA SIGN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ENDOANAL ULTRASOUND; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865418011     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03047.x     Document Type: Article

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