The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis of acute right lower quadrant pain during pregnancy

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 883-884

  Brook, Olga R ^a   Slotzky, Merav ^a   Deutsch, Michael ^a   Goldsher, Dorit ^a,b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Leomyoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOMA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY DISORDER;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37849028678     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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