Bowel wall thickening at CT: Simplifying the diagnosis

Insights into Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 195-208

  Fernandes, Teresa ^a   Oliveira, Maria I ^a   Castro, Ricardo ^a   Araújo, Bruno ^a   Viamonte, Bárbara ^a   Cunha, Rui ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Inflammatory bowel disease; Small bowel intestinal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899623147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18694101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-013-0308-y     Document Type: Review

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