Suspected intussusception: Is ultrasound a reliable diagnostic aid?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 686-687

  Wright, J E ^a,b   Slater, S ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intussusception; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0029786495     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb00718.x     Document Type: Article

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