Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is superior to abdominal ultrasonography in suspected acute cholecystitis

Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 609-613

  Chatziioannou, Sofia N ^a,b   Moore, Warren H ^a,b   Ford, Patrick V ^a,b   Dhekne, Ramesh D ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISOFENIN TC 99M;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034130206     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2000.105868     Document Type: Article

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