Imaging non-obstetrical causes of abdominal pain in the pregnant patient

Applied Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 10-25

  McGahan, John P ^a   Lamba, Ramit ^b   Coakley, Fergus V ^c  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; PREGNANCY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650030221     PISSN: 01609963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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