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Predicting the need for surgery in Crohn's disease with contrast harmonic ultrasound

Kayoko Kunihiro, Jiro Hata, Noriaki Manabe, Yutaka Mitsuoka, Shinji Tanaka, Ken Haruma, Kazuaki Chayama

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology · 2007 · 31 citations · 33 references

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Abstract

In active CD, patients with bowel segments showing a loss of stratification and rich perfusion by H-FEI are likely to need surgical treatment.

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