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Nuclear medicine procedures in diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease

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Diagnostic procedures in inflammatory bowel disease should provide information about:

  • Type of disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, etc.)

  • Localization

  • Activity grading

  • Complications (abscesses, fistulae, joint disease)

  • Disorders of bowel function.

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Bares, R., Buell, U. (1989). Nuclear medicine procedures in diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease. In: Matern, S. (eds) Clinical Research in Gastroenterology 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2488-8_1

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