Appendicitis in young children: Imaging experience and clinical outcomes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1158-1164

  Rodriguez, Diana P ^a   Vargas, Sigella ^a   Callahan, Michael J ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Taylor, George A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; CT; Pediatric imaging; Sonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646944208     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0055     Document Type: Article

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