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

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 500-505

  Frush, Donald P ^a   Frush, Karen S ^a   Oldham, Keith T ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Children; CT; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; 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: 63049133618     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-1131-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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