Appendiceal CT in questions;Le scanner appendiculaire en questions

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1681-1689

  Laurent, V ^a   Regent D ^a  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0342369450     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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