Ancillary diagnostic imaging is undesirable if there is evidence of appendicitis;Aanvullend beeldvormend onderzoek is ongewenst bij aanwijzingen voor appendicitis

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 643-

  Van Herwaarden Lindeboom, M Y A ^a,b   Borel Rinkes, I H M ^a   Gooszen, H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947627597     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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