MRI of acute abdominal and pelvic pain in pregnant patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 452-458

  Birchard, Katherine R ^a   Brown, Michele A ^a,b   Hyslop, W Brian ^a   Firat, Zeynep ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CYST; PANCREATITIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 15944374312     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.2.01840452     Document Type: Article

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