Assessment of the value of pelvic ultrasonography in pre-menopausal women with right iliac fossa pain

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Stunell, Helen ^a   Aremu, M ^a   Collins, D ^a   Torreggiani, W C ^b   Conlon, K C ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; ILIAC FOSSA PAIN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OVARY CYST; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; APPENDICITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PELVIS;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; PREMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55249086933     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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