Appendicitis and alternate diagnoses in children: Findings on unenhanced limited helical CT

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 569-577

  Lowe, Lisa H ^a   Perez, Ramiro ^b   Scheker, Luis E ^b   Stein, Sharon M ^b   Heller, Richard M ^b   Hernanz Schulman, Marta ^b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Children's Mercy Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0034896774     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470100490     Document Type: Article

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