Computed tomography in acute left colonic diverticulitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 532-534

  Ambrosetti, P ^a,b   Grossholz, M ^a   Becker, C ^a   Terrier, F ^a   Morel, Ph ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Klinik fur Chirurgie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030960581     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1997.02576.x     Document Type: Article

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