Can ultrasound compete with CT in evaluation of possible appendicitis?

Applied Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 20-28

  McGahan, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PELVIS ABSCESS; STAFF TRAINING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036127651     PISSN: 01609963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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