Appendicitis: Evaluation of Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Values of US, Doppler US, and Laboratory Findings

Radiology

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 472-478

  Kessler, Nicolas ^a   Cyteval, Catherine ^a   Gailix, Benoît ^b   Lesnik, Alvian ^a   Blayac, Paul Marie ^a   Pujol, Joseph ^a   Bruel, Jean Michel ^b   Taourel, Patrice ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix, US; Ultrasound (US), comparative studies; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FLUID; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 1642458193     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2302021520     Document Type: Article

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