Open AccessCorrelation of MRI-determined small bowel Crohn’s disease categories with medical response and surgical pathology
Author(s) -
Ian C. Lawrance,
C. Welman,
Peter Shipman,
Kevin Murray
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.3367
Subject(s) - medicine , crohn's disease , magnetic resonance imaging , fibrosis , surgical pathology , pathological , medical therapy , endoscopy , disease , inflammatory bowel disease , radiology , pathology , gastroenterology
To determine whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to categorize small bowel Crohn's disease (SB CD) into groups that correlate with response to medical therapy and surgical pathology.