Unenhanced MR Imaging in adults with clinically suspected acute appendicitis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-210

  Chabanova, Elizaveta ^a   Balslev, Ingegerd ^b   Achiam, Michael ^b   Nielsen, Yousef W ^a   Adamsen, Sven ^b   Gocht Jensen, Peter ^b   Brisling, Steffen K ^b   Logager, Vibeke B ^a   Thomsen, Henrik S ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Acute appendicitis; Adults; Appendectomy; MRI

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIVERTICULITIS; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CYST; PELVIS; PELVIS ABSCESS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052147207     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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