The use of computed tomography in the detection and characterisation of large bowel obstruction

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1305, 2009, Pages 57-73

  Godfrey, Edmund M ^a   Addley, Helen C ^a   Shaw, Ashley S ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ARTICLE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENEMA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, LARGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73249117820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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