Transabdominal sonography in assessment of the bowel in adults

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-212

  Kuzmich, Siarhei ^a   Howlett, David C ^a   Andi, Allan ^a   Shah, Dhiren ^a   Kuzmich, Tatsiana ^a,b  

^a EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GRODNO STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Bowel disease; Gastrointestinal tract; Sonography

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLITIS; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON INTUSSUSCEPTION; COLON POLYP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EPIPLOIC APPENDAGITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL INFECTION; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; OMENTUM INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149263151     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3555     Document Type: Article

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