Barium enema or computed tomography for the frail elderly patient?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 48-51

  Day, J J ^a   Freeman, A H ^a   Coni, N K ^a   Dixon, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARGE INTESTINE; LARGE INTESTINE DISEASE; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0027182443     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(05)80108-4     Document Type: Article

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