Is colour Doppler sonography a good method to differentiate normal and abnormal appendices in children?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-369

  Baldisserotto, M ^a,b   Peletti, A B ^a,b  

^a Hospital da Crianca Conceicao   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33847108006     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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