Imaging of acute appendicitis in children: EU versus U.S. ... or US versus CT? A European perspective

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 497-499

  Holscher, Herma C ^a   Heij, Hugo A ^b  

^a JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Children; CT; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63049087589     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-1130-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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