ACR Appropriateness Criteria® on Small-Bowel Obstruction: A Critique of the Term and Its Terms

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 443-445

  Baker, Stephen R ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTESTINE DISTENSION; IONIZING RADIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGIST; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STANDARD; VOMITING;

EID: 34250692053     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.01.020     Document Type: Note

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