The impact of abdominal computed tomography in a tertiary referral centre emergency department on the management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 513-521

  Israeli, E ^a   Ying, S ^b   Henderson, B ^b   Mottola, J ^b   Strome, T ^b   Bernstein, C N ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 84882448410     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.12410     Document Type: Article

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