Independent Predictors of Acute Appendicitis on CT with Pathologic Correlation

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 996-1003

  Ives, Elizabeth P ^a   Sung, Susan ^a   McCue, Peter ^a   Durrani, Haroon ^a   Halpern, Ethan J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

appendicitis; Appendix; computed tomography; pathology

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46649113350     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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