Diagnosis of acute appendicitis with unenhanced helical CT: A study of 130 patients

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 155-161

  Cakirer, Sinan ^a,b   Basak, Muzaffer ^a   Colakoglu, Bulent ^a   Bankaoglu, Mujdat ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b 67 Ada ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Computed tomography (CT); CT; Helical

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036710355     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-002-0216-9     Document Type: Article

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