Comparison of combined oral and IV contrast-enhanced versus single IV contrast-enhanced MDCT for the detection of acute appendicitis

JBR-BTR

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 278-282

  Hekimoglu, K ^a   Yildirim, U M ^a   Karabulut, E ^b   Coskun, M ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL; MEGLUMINE IOXITALAMATE PLUS SODIUM IOXITALAMATE;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82755187663     PISSN: 17802393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.664     Document Type: Article

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