Acute abdomen in pregnancy: Role of sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1457-1468

  Glanc, Phyllis ^a   Maxwell, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Complications of pregnancy; Pregnancy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; OVARY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TORSION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; OVARIAN DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORSION ABNORMALITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77958169597     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.10.1457     Document Type: Article

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