Temporal trends in imaging and associated radiation exposure in inflammatory bowel disease

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1057-1065

  Chatu, S ^a   Poullis, A ^a   Holmes, R ^a   Greenhalgh, R ^a   Pollok, R C G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84884956298     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.12187     Document Type: Article

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