Revisiting MRI for appendix location during pregnancy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 883-887

  Oto, Aytekin ^a   Srinivasan, Padmavathia N ^a   Ernst, Randy D ^a   Koroglu, Mert ^a   Cesani, Fernando ^a   Nishino, Thomas ^a   Chaljub, Gregory ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Abdominal imaging; Appendix; Emergency radiology; MRI; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645821054     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0270     Document Type: Article

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