CT appearance of acute appendagitis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1303-1307

  Singh, Ajay K ^a   Gervais, Debra A ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Rhea, James ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SIGMOID; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; COLITIS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16544389096     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.5.1831303     Document Type: Article

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