Patient gender-related performance of nonfocused helical computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 583-589

  Raman, Steven S ^a,b   Kadell, Barbara M ^a   Vodopich, Darko J ^a   Sayer, James ^a   Cryer, Henry ^a   Lu, David S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Appendicitis; Gender; Helical computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT PATIENTS; APPENDICITI; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; GENDER; GENDER-RELATED DIFFERENCES; HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; PERFORMANCE;

DIAGNOSIS;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041704780     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200307000-00024     Document Type: Article

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