Sonography as the first line of evaluation in children with suspected acute appendicitis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1153-1157

  Linam, Leann E ^a   Munden, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864721321     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.8.1153     Document Type: Article

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