Appendicitis in children: One radiologist's perspective

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-3

  Coley, Brian ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BARIUM ENEMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST;

APPENDICITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751569584     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0349-1     Document Type: Editorial

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