Magnetic resonance enterography in Crohn's disease: Standard and advanced techniques

Arda Kayhan1, Jacob Oommen, Farid Dahi

  • 1Arda Kayhan, Jacob Oommen, Farid Dahi, Aytekin Oto, Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States.

World Journal of Radiology
|December 17, 2010
PubMed

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