Pediatric appendicitis: An argument for US

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-13

  Strouse, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950407762     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10091198     Document Type: Review

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