Ultrasonography for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-44

  Himeno, Shinji ^a   Yasuda, Seiei ^a   Oida, Yasuhisa ^b   Mukoyama, Sayuri ^b   Nishi, Takayuki ^b   Mukai, Masaya ^b   Nakasaki, Hisao ^b   Makuuchi, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Acute appendicitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037593269     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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