Magnetic resonance colonography for fibrosis assessment in rats with chronic colitis.

BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance colonography (MRC) has been developed to assess inflammatory bowel diseases. We aimed to assess the feasibility of MRC in rats with TNBS-induced chronic colitis and to confront imaging results with fibrosis and stenosing features of the model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ch...

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Main Authors: Chloé Melchior, Emilien Loeuillard, Rachel Marion-Letellier, Lionel Nicol, Paul Mulder, Charlène Guerin, Christine Bôle-Feysot, Moutaz Aziz, Pierre Déchelotte, Pierre Vera, Guillaume Savoye, Céline Savoye-Collet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4085031?pdf=render