Systematic review: Computed tomography and ultrasonography to defect acute appendicitis in adults and adolescents

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 537-546

  Terasawa, Teruhiko ^a   Blackmore, C Craig ^b   Bent, Stephen ^b   Kohlwes, R Jeffrey ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 5344261054     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-7-200410050-00011     Document Type: Review

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