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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2015; 21(17): 5231-5241
Published online May 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i17.5231
Ultrasonographic imaging of inflammatory bowel disease in pediatric patients
Liliana Chiorean, Dagmar Schreiber-Dietrich, Barbara Braden, Xin-Wu Cui, Reiner Buchhorn, Jian-Min Chang, Christoph F Dietrich
Liliana Chiorean, Xin-Wu Cui, Jian-Min Chang, Christoph F Dietrich, Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
Liliana Chiorean, Department of Ultrasonography, “Octavian Fodor” Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dagmar Schreiber-Dietrich, Christoph F Dietrich, Medical Department 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus, D-97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany
Barbara Braden, Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, OX3 9DU Oxford, United Kingdom
Reiner Buchhorn, Department of Pediatrics, Caritas-Krankenhaus, D-97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany
Author contributions: Dietrich CF established the design and conception of the paper; Chiorean L, Schreiber-Dietrich D, Braden B, Cui XW, Buchhorn R, Chang JM and Dietrich CF analyzed the literature data; Dietrich CF provided the first draft of the manuscript, which was discussed and revised critically for intellectual content by Chiorean L, Schreiber-Dietrich D, Braden B, Cui XW, Buchhorn R, Chang JM; Figures were provided by Dietrich CF; all authors discussed the statement and conclusions and approved the final version to be published.
Conflict-of-interest: No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.
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Correspondence to: Christoph F Dietrich, Professor, Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China. christoph.dietrich@ckbm.de
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Received: December 18, 2014
Peer-review started: December 19, 2014
First decision: February 10, 2015
Revised: February 26, 2015
Accepted: March 31, 2015
Article in press: March 31, 2015
Published online: May 7, 2015
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Core tip: Inflammatory bowel disease is one of the most common chronic gastrointestinal diseases in pediatric patients. Choosing the optimal imaging modality for the assessment of gastrointestinal disease in pediatric patients can be challenging. The presented paper is intended to discuss the value of ultrasound, including conventional ultrasound, color Doppler imaging and contrast enhanced ultrasound, in the clinical management of pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease.