Diagnostic accuracy of the Barr and Blethyn radiological scoring systems for childhood constipation assessed using colonic transit time as the gold standard

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 664-667

  Jackson, Claire R ^a   Lee, Richard E ^a   Wylie, Anna B Z ^a   Adams, Charlotte ^a   Jaffray, Bruce ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Children; Constipation; Radiograph

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BARR SCORE; BLETHYN SCORE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

CHILD; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 69149088661     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1205-x     Document Type: Article

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