Targeted helical CT of the acute abdomen: Appendicitis, diverticulitis, and small bowel obstruction

Seminars in Ultrasound CT and MRI

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-39

  Urban, Bruce A ^a,b   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DIVERTICULITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0033981026     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2171(00)90011-8     Document Type: Review

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