Transperineal perineal ultrasound versus magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of perianal Crohn's disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2737-2743

  Maconi, Giovanni ^a   Tonolini, Massimo ^b   Monteleone, Michela ^a   Bezzio, Cristina ^a   Furfaro, Federica ^a   Villa, Chiara ^b   Campari, Alessando ^b   Dell'Era, Alessandra ^a   Sampietro, Gianluca ^b   Ardizzone, Sandro ^a   De Franchis, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance; Perianal Crohn's disease; Perianal fistulae; Perianal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS DISEASES; CROHN DISEASE; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893764146     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MIB.0000436274.95722.e5     Document Type: Article

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