Diagnostic surplus value of echography in children with acute abdominal pain;Diagnostische meerwaarde van echografie bij kinderen met acute buikklachten

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 1174-1177

  Van Den Ende, E D ^a   Boellaard, W P A ^a   Allema, J H ^a   Holscher, H C ^a   Putter, H ^a   Breslau, P J ^a  

^a JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037968538     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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