Acute epiploic appendagitis and its mimics

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1521-1534

  Singh, Ajay K ^a   Gervais, Debra A ^b   Hahn, Peter F ^b   Sagar, Pallavi ^b   Mueller, Peter R ^b   Novelline, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; COLITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28144464732     PISSN: 15271323     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.256055030     Document Type: Review

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