Imaging of appendicitis: A cautionary note

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 897, 2002, Pages 717-720

  Shorvon, P J ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; BODY FAT; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; CYST; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCISION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL CYST; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCAR FORMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTICEMIA; SURGEON;

EID: 0036712118     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.75.897.750717     Document Type: Note

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