Comparison of US and unenhanced multi-detector row CT in patients suspected of having acute appendicitis

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 527-534

  Keyzer, Caroline ^a   Zalcman, Marc ^a   De Maertelaer, Viviane ^b   Coppens, Emmanuel ^a   Bali, Maria Antonietta ^a   Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^a   Van Gansbeke, Daniel ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 22544479707     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2362040984     Document Type: Article

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