Bet 4 is magnetic resonance imaging useful for suspected appendicitis in pregnant patients?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 437-

  Chiu, Kevin ^a   Baskerville, Jerry Ray ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 66749101460     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.076224     Document Type: Note

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