Decision making in right-sided diverticulitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 606-608

  Shyung, Li Rung ^a   Lin, Shee Chan ^a   Shih, Shou Chuan ^a   Kao, Chin Roa ^a   Chou, Sun Yen ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTESTINE WALL; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0037347990     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i3.606     Document Type: Article

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