Does obesity limit the sonographic diagnosis of appendicitis in children?

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 187-190

  Yiǧiter, Murat ^a   Kantarci, Mecit ^a   Yalçin, Onur ^a   Yalçin, Ahmet ^a   Salman, Ahmet Bedii ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Body mass index; Obesity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953752562     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20782     Document Type: Article

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