Clinical role of noncontrast helical computed tomography in diagnosis of acute appendicitis [3] (multiple letters)

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-98

  Weyant, Michael J ^a   Barie, Phillip S ^a   Eachempati, Soumitra R ^a   Peck, James J ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCURACY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SPLEEN RUPTURE; TIME; TISSUE SLICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036177493     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00753-X     Document Type: Letter

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