Hepatobiliary ultrasound

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 661-673

  Shah, Kaushal ^a   Wolfe, Richard E ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 3843080851     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.04.015     Document Type: Review

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