Bowel wall thickness measured by ultrasound as a marker of Crohn's diseaseactivity in children

Authors
Haber, HP Busch, A Ziebach, R Stern, M
Citation
Hp. Haber et al., Bowel wall thickness measured by ultrasound as a marker of Crohn's diseaseactivity in children, LANCET, 355(9211), 2000, pp. 1239-1240
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
355
Issue
9211
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1239 - 1240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(20000408)355:9211<1239:BWTMBU>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Non-invasive procedures are desirable for assessing disease activity in the follow-up of children with Crohn's disease. We show that bowel wall thickn ess measured by ultrasound is related to clinical and histological assessme nt of disease activity and could represent an easy method for monitoring th e intestinal inflammatory process in Crohn's disease.