MRI of acute cholecystitis: Comparison with the normal gallbladder and other entities

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-355

  Loud, Peter A ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a,d   Kettritz, Ute ^a   Brown, Jeffrey J ^b   Reinhold, Caroline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Gallbladder, MR; Gallbladder, wall thickening

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030002646     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0730-725X(95)02107-5     Document Type: Article

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