The role of computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 485-488

  Stroman, David L ^a   Bayouth, Charles V ^a   Kuhn, Joseph A ^a   Westmoreland, Matthew ^a   Jones, Ronald C ^a   Fisher, Tammy L ^a   McCarty, Todd M ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING;

EID: 0033387820     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00223-8     Document Type: Article

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