Imaging modalities for perianal Crohn's disease

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1287-1293

  Spinelli, Antonino ^a   de Cassan, Chiara ^a   Sacchi, Matteo ^a   Bazzi, Piero ^a   Danese, Silvio ^a   Malesci, Alberto ^a,b   Balzarini, Luca ^a   Montorsi, Marco ^a,b  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abscess; Anal; Crohn's disease; Fistula; Perianal

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; COLON ABSCESS; COLON FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOANAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FISTULOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERIANAL CROHN DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANUS DISEASES; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84866538772     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945012802429723     Document Type: Review

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