A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic performance of imaging in acute cholecystitis

Radiology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 708-720

  Kiewiet, Jordy J S ^a   Leeuwenburgh, Marjolein M N ^a   Bipat, Shandra ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a   Boermeester, Marja A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865408601     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12111561     Document Type: Article

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