Intravenous contrast-enhanced computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-87

  Iwahashi, Naoko ^a   Kitagawa, Yoshimi ^a   Mayumi, Toshihiko ^a,b   Kohno, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA EKISAIKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PARESIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17744399706     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-004-7478-1     Document Type: Article

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