CT and appendicitis: Evaluation of correlation between CT diagnosis and pathological diagnosis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 992, 2008, Pages 321-324

  Andre, J B ^a   Sebastian, V A ^a   Ruchman, R M ^a   Saad, S A ^a  

^a MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49049104799     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.066779     Document Type: Article

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