Wall thickening of the gastric antrum as a normal finding: Multidetector CT with cadaveric comparison

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 973-979

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a,b   Asher, Dean B ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH WALL;

EID: 0141855173     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.4.1810973     Document Type: Article

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