Prospective evaluation of the value of magnetic resonance imaging in suspected acute sigmoid diverticulitis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1030-1031

  Halpenny, Darragh F ^a   McNeil, Graeme ^a   Snow, Aisling ^a   Geoghegan, Tony ^a   Torreggiani, William C ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOID; ULTRASOUND; ADULT; AGED; COLON DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67651148143     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181a51126     Document Type: Letter

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