Diverticular disease severity score based on CT colonography

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2723-2729

  Flor, Nicola ^a,b   Rigamonti, Paolo ^b   Pisani Ceretti, Andrea ^a   Romagnoli, Solange ^a,b   Balestra, Federica ^b   Sardanelli, Francesco ^b,c   Cornalba, Gianpaolo ^a,b   Pickhardt, Perry J ^d  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; CT colonography; Diverticular disease; Diverticulitis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON SURGERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIVERTICULAR DISEASE SEVERITY SCORE; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84884821142     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2882-2     Document Type: Article

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