Low-dose abdominal CT for diagnosing appendicitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 478-

  O'Leary, D Peter ^a   Redmond, H Paul ^a   Andrews, Emmet J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX MASS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864506438     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1206326     Document Type: Letter

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