Right-lower-quadrant pain and suspected appendicitis in pregnant women: Evaluation with MR imaging - Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 445-451

  Oto, Aytekin ^a   Ernst, Randy D ^a   Shah, Rajeev ^a   Koroglu, Mert ^a   Chaljub, Gregory ^a   Gei, Alfredo F ^a   Zacharias, Nikolaos ^a   Saade, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY TORSION; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN DISEASES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORSION;

EID: 12344329395     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2341032002     Document Type: Review

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