Helical CT with only colonic contrast material for diagnosing diverticulitis: Prospective evaluation of 150 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1445-1449

  Hao, Patrick M ^a   Rhea, James T ^b   Novelline, Robert A ^b   Dobbins, Jili M ^b   Nash Lawrason, J ^b   Sacknoff, Richard ^b   Stuk, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIATRIZOATE; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; MEGLUMINE IOTALAMATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031836119     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.6.9609151     Document Type: Article

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