Advances in imaging of the acute abdomen

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1245-1263

  Gupta, H ^a   Dupuy, D E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; APPENDICITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031471986     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70616-2     Document Type: Article

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