Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 7 , Pages 645-650 , July 2007

CT colonography versus colonoscopy in the follow-up of patients after diverticulitis — A prospective, comparative study

  • F. Hjern

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: F. Hjern, Department of Surgery, Danderyd Hospital, 182 88 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel.: +46 8 655 69 36; fax: +46 8 655 64 06.
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  • E. Jonas

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • B. Holmström

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • T. Josephson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • A. Mellgren

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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  • C. Johansson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden

Received 1 May 2006 ,Revised 30 November 2006 ,Accepted 31 January 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00080-3

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.01.019

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 7 , Pages 645-650 , July 2007

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