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Small intestine contrast ultrasonography An Alternative to Radiology in the Assessment of Small Bowel Disease
Article first published online: 14 DEC 2006
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-200502000-00008
Copyright © 2005 Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.
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Pallotta, N., Tomei, E., Viscido, A., Calabrese, E., Marcheggiano, A., Caprilli, R. and Corazziari, E. (2005), Small intestine contrast ultrasonography An Alternative to Radiology in the Assessment of Small Bowel Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis, 11: 146–153. doi: 10.1097/00054725-200502000-00008
Publication History
- Issue published online: 14 DEC 2006
- Article first published online: 14 DEC 2006
- Manuscript Accepted: 22 OCT 2004
- Manuscript Received: 14 JUN 2004
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- Italian Ministero Università Ricerca (MIUR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome
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