The colon cutoff sign

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 387-389

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Naval Hospital   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Colon; Colon, CT; Pancreatitis; Signs in imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034093360     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.2.r00ma18387     Document Type: Article

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