Ultrasound and CT evaluation of emergent gallbladder pathology

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1203-1216

  Bennett, Genevieve L ^a   Balthazar, Emil J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; GALLBLADDER TRAUMA; GALLSTONE ILEUS; GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIRIZZI SYNDROME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0344118085     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00097-6     Document Type: Review

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