Computed tomographic enterography adds value to colonoscopy in differentiating Crohn's disease from intestinal tuberculosis: A potential diagnostic algorithm

Endoscopy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 322-329

  Mao, Ren ^a   Liao, Wang Di ^b   He, Yao ^a   Ouyang, Chun Hui ^c   Zhu, Zhen Hua ^a   Yu, Chen ^b   Long, Shun Hua ^b   Chen, Yu Jun ^a   Li, Zi Ping ^a   Wu, Xiao Ping ^c   Lv, Nong Hua ^b   Hu, Pinjin ^a   Chen, Minhu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ENTEROGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE; ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926326876     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1391230     Document Type: Article

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