Ultrasound in crohn's disease

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1224-1233

  Calabrese, Emma ^a   Zorzi, Francesca ^a   Pallone, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Crohn's disease monitoring; Cross sectional imaging; Small intestine contrast ultrasonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COLON ABSCESS; COLON FISTULA; COLON STENOSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866528564     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945012802429697     Document Type: Article

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