CT of appendicitis in children

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 661-666

  Jabra, Amal A ^a,c   Shalaby Rana, Eglal I ^b   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen, diseases; Appendix, infection; Children; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AIR; DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

ABDOMEN, DISEASE; APPENDIX, INFECTION; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT-SCAN; FREE FLUIDS; PROSPECTIVES; SMALL BOWEL; WALL THICKENING; WALL THICKNESS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030810540     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199707000-00028     Document Type: Article

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