MRI for clinically suspected appendicitis during pregnancy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 671-675

  Cobben, Lodewijk P ^a   Groot, Ingrid ^a   Haans, Lucien ^a   Blickman, Johan G ^b   Puylaert, Julien ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 4344670792     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.3.1830671     Document Type: Article

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