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World J Radiol. Jul 28, 2016; 8(7): 668-682
Published online Jul 28, 2016. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i7.668
Current tecniques and new perpectives research of magnetic resonance enterography in pediatric Crohn’s disease
Gabriele Masselli, Ilaria Mastroiacovo, Emidio De Marco, Giulia Francione, Emanuele Casciani, Elisabetta Polettini, Gianfranco Gualdi
Gabriele Masselli, Emanuele Casciani, Elisabetta Polettini, Gianfranco Gualdi, Department of Emergency Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine “La Sapienza”, University-Hospital Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy
Ilaria Mastroiacovo, Giulia Francione, Department of Radiology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine “La Sapienza”, University-Sant’Andrea’s Hospital, 00189 Rome, Italy
Emidio De Marco, Department of Radiology, University Campus Bio Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy
Author contributions: Masselli G designed the study and wrote the manuscript; Mastroiacovo I helped to write the manuscript; De Marco E, Francione G, Casciani E, Polettini E and Gualdi GF provided the collection of part of the material; all the authors were also involved in editing the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that there don’t have any conflict of interest.
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Correspondence to: Gabriele Masselli, MD, Department of Emergency Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine “La Sapienza”, University-Hospital Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy. gabrielemasselli@libero.it
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Received: September 27, 2015
Peer-review started: October 6, 2015
First decision: January 15, 2016
Revised: March 24, 2016
Accepted: April 7, 2016
Article in press: April 11, 2016
Published online: July 28, 2016
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Core Tip

Core tip: Magnetic resonance enterography is an effective imaging modality to diagnosis, evaluating and follow-up of Crohn’s disease (CD) in pediatric patient and novel magnetic resonance imaging application, such as motility studies, spectroscopy, diffusion weighted imaging, molecular and hybrid imaging are extremely interesting and might contribute to diagnosis and managment of CD.