Diagnosing appendicitis with CT and ultrasound using prospective patient stratification by body mass index

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 267-271

  Tsai, S S ^a   Coughlin, B F ^a   Hampf, F E ^a   Munshi, I A ^a   Wolfe, J M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Body mass index; CT; Trasonography; U1

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0035213718     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011918     Document Type: Article

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