Role of focused appendiceal computed tomography in clinically equivocal acute appendicitis

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 200-203

  Ashraf, Kashif ^a   Ashraf, Omer ^a   Bari, Vaqar ^a   Rafique, Muhammad Zafar ^a   Usman, Muhammad Uzair ^a   Chisti, Ishtiaq ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33745114712     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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