Beyond appendicitis: Common and uncommon gastrointestinal causes of right lower quadrant abdominal pain at multidetector CT

Radiographics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 927-947

  Purysko, Andrei S ^a   Remer, Erick M ^a   Filho, Hilton M Leão ^b   Bittencourt, Leonardo K ^c   Lima, Rodrigo V ^b   Racy, Douglas J ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL BENEFICÊNCIA PORTUGUESA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Clinica de Diagnostico Por Imagem CDPI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960526948     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.314105065     Document Type: Article

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