Magnetic resonance imaging of abdominal pain during pregnancy

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 409-416

  Fielding, Julia R ^a,b   Chin, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Pregnancy; Safety

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LEIOMYOMA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY CYST; PANCREATITIS; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TERATOMA; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 34248208618     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e3180417d2d     Document Type: Review

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