Diagnostic role of computed tomographic enterography differentiating crohn disease from intestinal tuberculosis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 834-839

  Park, Yoon Hea ^a   Chung, Woo Suk ^b   Lim, Joon Seok ^a   Park, Soo Jung ^a   Cheon, Jae Hee ^a   Kim, Tae ^a   Kim, Won Ho ^a   Hong, Sung Pil ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crohn disease; diagnosis; gastrointestinal tuberculosis; multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES;

ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CROHN DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; WALL THICKENING;

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; COMB SIGN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ENTEROGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885016228     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31829e0292     Document Type: Article

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