Imaging of acute abdominal emergencies in infants and children

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 145-179

  John, Susan D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Lyndon B Johnson General Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFARCTION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFARCTION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTESTINES; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034279445     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0363-0188(00)90011-2     Document Type: Review

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