Prospective evaluation of the value of magnetic resonance imaging in suspected acute sigmoid diverticulitis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1810-1815

  Heverhagen, Johannes T ^a   Sitter, Helmut ^a   Zielke, Andreas ^a   Klose, Klaus J ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute colonic diverticulitis; Interobserver agreement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON STENOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOID DISEASES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 56349086419     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9330-4     Document Type: Article

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