Appendix in children with cystic fibrosis: US features

Radiology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 187-189

  Lardenoye, Susanne W ^a   Puylaert, Julien B ^b   Smit, Margot J ^a   Holscher, Herma C ^a  

^a JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix, US; Children, gastrointestinal tract; Fibrosis, cystic

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 2942709684     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2321030363     Document Type: Article

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