Graded compression sonography with adjuvant use of a posterior manual compression technique in the sonographic diagnosis of acute appendicitis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 863-868

  Lee, Jong Hwa ^a   Jeong, Yoong Ki ^a   Hwang, Jae Cheol ^a   Ham, Soo Youn ^a   Yang, Seoung Oh ^a  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0036130061     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.178.4.1780863     Document Type: Article

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