MR imaging of acute right lower quadrant pain in pregnant and nonpregnant patients

Radiographics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 721-743

  Pedrosa, Ivan ^a   Zeikus, Eric A ^a   Levine, Deborah ^a   Rofsky, Neil M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34249856160     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.273065116     Document Type: Review

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