Should whole-body CT screening be performed with contrast media?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 323-325

  Berlin, Leonard ^a,b  

^a RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037307724     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.2.1800323     Document Type: Short Survey

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