Computed tomography enterography for evaluation of inflammatory bowel disease

Clinical Endoscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 327-336

  Park, Min Jung ^a   Lim, Joon Seok ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Behcet syndrome; Computed tomography enterography; Crohn disease; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Intestinal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881084579     PISSN: 22342400     EISSN: 22342443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5946/ce.2013.46.4.327     Document Type: Review

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