Color Doppler imaging of the gallbladder wall in acute cholecystitis: Sonographic - Pathologic correlation

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-237

  Schiller, V L ^a,b   Turner, R R ^a   Sarti, D A ^a,b  

^a SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis, gallbladder; Color Doppler sonography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0030009195     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900053     Document Type: Article

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