Diagnostic performance of multidetector computed tomography for suspected acute appendicitis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 789-796

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a   Lawrence, Edward M ^b   Pooler, B Dustin ^a   Bruce, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 79959670699     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-12-201106210-00006     Document Type: Article

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