Transabdominal ultrasound for standardized measurement of bowel wall thickness in normal children and those with Crohn's disease

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 319-324

  Chiorean, Liliana ^a   Schreiber Dietrich, Dagmar ^b   Braden, Barbara ^c   Cui, Xin Wu ^b   Dietrich, Christoph F ^b  

^a Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology   (Romania)

^b CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel wall thicknes; Crohn's disease; Transabdominal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROCOLIC FISTULA; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTERENTERIC FISTULA; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE WALL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VESICOENTERIC FISTULA; INTESTINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84910136187     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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