CT appearance of the normal appendix in adults

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2096-2103

  Tamburrini, Stefania ^a,b,c   Brunetti, Arturo ^a   Brown, Michèle ^c   Sirlin, Claude B ^c   Casola, Giovanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UCSD Medical Center ^*  (Italy)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CECUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26044448361     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2784-z     Document Type: Article

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