MR imaging in cases of antenatal suspected appendicitis - A meta-analysis

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 485-488

  Blumenfeld, Yair J ^a   Wong, Amy E ^a   Jafari, Anahita ^a   Barth, Richard A ^a   El Sayed, Yasser Y ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751510988     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.506227     Document Type: Article

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