Validity of plain films in intussusception

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 323-326

  Hernandez, J Alberto ^a,b   Swischuk, Leonard E ^a   Angel, Carlos A ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Dept Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Infants; Intussusception; Plain films

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; COLON OBSTRUCTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4344683217     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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