Acute diverticulitis of the cecum and ascending colon: The value of thin-section helical CT findings in excluding colonic carcinoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1397-1402

  Jang, Hyun Jung ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Kim, Eung Yeop ^a   Kim, Seung Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034060790     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.5.1741397     Document Type: Article

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