Acute appendicitis: Sonographic evaluation;Sonographie der akuten appendizitis

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 412-432

  Hollerweger, Alois ^a  

^a KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; HUMANS;

EID: 33750621662     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-927118     Document Type: Review

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