Emergent right upper quadrant sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 479-496

  Spence, Susanna C ^a   Teichgraeber, Davis ^a   Chandrasekhar, Chitra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary dilatation; Cholecystitis; Gallbladder; Liver; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FORESTRY; LIVER; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BILIARY DILATATION; BILIARY TREE; CHOLECYSTITIS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; GALLBLADDER; PANCREATITIS; SONOGRAPHIC; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADRENAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE ILEUS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; PANCREATITIS; RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT SONOGRAPHY;

EID: 65949122308     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.4.479     Document Type: Article

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