Acute colonic diverticulitis: Prospective comparative evaluation with US and CT

Radiology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 503-512

  Pradel, Jean A ^a   Adell, Jean François ^a   Taourel, Patrice ^a   Djafari, Mounir ^a   Monnin Delhom, Elisabeth ^a   Bruel, Jean Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

Colon, CT; Colon, diseases; Colon, US; Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Ultrasound (US), comparative studies

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030700460     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.205.2.9356636     Document Type: Article

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