Unenhanced spiral CT for evaluating acute appendicitis in daily routine. A prospective study

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 37, 2001, Pages 140-142

  Pickuth, D ^a   Spielmann, R P ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035102447     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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