Is MRI routinely indicated in pregnant patients with suspected appendicitis after equivocal ultrasound examination?

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-25

  Greenhalgh, Rebecca ^a   Punwani, Shonit ^a   Taylor, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 37549053247     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9300-7     Document Type: Review

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