US depiction of the appendix: Role of abdominal wall thickness and appendiceal location

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 525-531

  Butler, Matthew ^a   Servaes, Sabah ^a   Srinivasan, Abhay ^a   Edgar, J Chris ^a   Del Pozo, Gloria ^a,b   Darge, Kassa ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Obesity; Pediatric; Retrocecal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL THICKNESS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICUS;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155181624     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-011-0977-0     Document Type: Article

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