Plain abdominal radiographs and abdominal ct scans for nontraumatic abdominal pain-added value?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 668-671

  Nagurney, J Tobias ^a,b   Brown, David F M ^a,b   Novelline, Robert A ^a,b   Kim, Jennifer ^a   Fischer, Randy H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Abdominal radiographs; Acute abdomen; CT scan

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032698856     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90155-9     Document Type: Article

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