Multidetector CT for GI bleeding: First-line diagnostic study?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-7

  Liu, Raymond ^a   Kalva, Sanjeeva P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856503350     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31823a4b2f     Document Type: Editorial

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