Role of abdominal sonography in excluding abdominal malignancy in the initial workup of patients with abdominal complaints

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-51

  Dekker, H M ^a   Van der Jagt, E J ^a   Van Leeuwen, J T M ^a   Van der Werf, G T ^a   Hunink, M G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034988225     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.177.1.1770047     Document Type: Article

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