Article
Bowel ultrasound imaging in patients with cystic fibrosis: Relationship with clinical symptoms and CFTR genotype.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Mar 2016
Fraquelli Mirella, Baccarin Alessandra, Corti Fabiola, Conti Clara Benedetta, Russo Maria Chiara, Della Valle Serena, Pozzi Roberta, Cressoni Massimo, Conte Dario, Colombo Carla
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ultrasound imaging is used to assess bowel abnormalities in gastrointestinal diseases. We aimed to assess the rate of predefined bowel ultrasound signs and their relationship with gastrointestinal symptoms and the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) genotype in cystic fibrosis patients in regular follow-up. METHODS: Prospective study of 70 consecutive patients with cystic...
Topics
- Abdominal Pain
- Adolescent
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Constipation
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- Diarrhea
- Dilatation, Pathologic
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans